Swing and a miss for Keith Hernandez.
The beloved Mets legend knocked Juan Soto early in Tuesday’s game for not being a “home run hitter,” so of course the Washington Nationals’ wunderkind launched a 410-foot bomb into the right upperdeck of Citi Field during the same at-bat in the second inning of the Amazin’s 6-5 win at Citi Field.
“I have not seen one, I believe, go up there in the plaza above,” a stunned Hernandez said afterward on the SNY broadcast.
The dinger marked Soto’s seventh of the season, and the 20-year-old had 22 home runs during his dynamite rookie season a year ago.