Juan Soto was brought in to be the missing piece for a New York Yankees team desperately seeking its first championship in 15 years. Saturday night at Cleveland’s Progressive Field, he provided his biggest blast in pinstripes, a 10th-inning miracle that lifted the Yankees into the World Series.
Winning an epic seven-pitch battle against Guardians reliever Hunter Gaddis with two outs and two on in Game 5 of the American League Championship Series, Soto drove a 1-2 pitch high and deep to center field. And the ball kept carrying, and carrying – all the way to the Fall Classic.
It landed in the bullpens beyond the fence in right center field, a three-run home run that delivered a 5-2 victory and a 4-1 ALCS conquest of Cleveland…