With Soto’s three-run double against the Detroit Tigers, the New York Yankees completed a three-game sweep, winning 5-2.
After tying the score in the seventh inning with a three-run double, Juan Soto helped the New York Yankees defeat the Detroit Tigers 5-2 on Sunday. Though the weather caused the game to be shortened, the victory completed a weekend sweep. Early in the game, Aaron Judge hit a home run off of Tarik Skubal, who finished with a career-high 12 strikeouts in six innings. Because to persistent rain throughout the day, the game was called off in the middle of the eighth inning following a 56-minute delay.
The Yankees (23–13) are 10 games above.500 and are in their best position of the season after playing nonstop for 17 days. “In this league, victories are very important,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “It feels fantastic to enter an off day with three wins under your belt. It really raises spirits. After loading the bases against Shelby Miller (3–4) in the seventh inning, Soto broke the deadlock at 2-2 with a clutch hit off Andrew Chafin’s pitch down the right-field line.
Big moments are when I shine,” Soto remarked. “I get an adrenaline rush, and I can’t wait to deliver.” After loading the bases once more, the Yankees were unable to score any more runs over a protracted half-inning that went over thirty minutes. Soto currently has 28 RBIs, which leads the club. Dennis Santana recorded the eighth inning for his second save, while Victor González (2-1) completed the last out in the top of the seventh. Rain delayed play for most of the game, thus left-handed pitchers faced off against each other until the seventh inning, when Skubal and Nestor Cortes were switched out. With two runners on base and one out, Cortes left the game. Ian Hamilton allowed Spencer Torkelson to drive in an RBI double, cutting New York’s lead to just one.
result in 2-1. Next, Javier Báez produced an RBI groundout. Cortes struck out nine batters toward the end of his inning, giving up two earned runs on three hits and a walk. “Against right-handed hitters, I could hit both sides of the plate, and against lefties, my slider worked well,” Cortes said.