Juan Soto started the series opener with the Miami Marlins with a seven-game hit streak going, over which the Washington Nationals’ 20-year-old slugger was 12 for 26 (.462 AVG) with five doubles, a triple, one home run, three walks, and four runs scored, and he had multi-hit games in four of the seven on the streak which took him from .228/.345/.415 to a .268/.374/.490 line after 40 games and 174 PAs in his sophomore season in the majors.
Soto grounded out in his first at bat of the game last night but got hold of a 2-2 changeup from Marlins’ starter Pablo López in the third and lined a single to right field to extend the hit streak to eight-straight games.