If you thought Juan Soto’s first regular-season game with the Yankees was terrific, make room for his pinstriped playoff debut.
Not long after receiving a loud ovation during pregame roster warm-ups — fans aren’t going to miss a chance to re-court the 25-year-old soon-to-be free agent at this point — Soto doubled down the left-field line in the first inning.
He also had an RBI single that started the season-opening comeback to turn a 4-0 deficit into a 5-4 win. “I’m not thinking of the free agency part of it. I don’t think he is,” manager Aaron Boone said before the series began. “I think he’s loving being here and being part of this team, knowing what’s at stake and what he has an opportunity to do. He’s been in playoff baseball before. He’s won a championship before. He obviously knows what it takes.”
Soto singled in the fifth when the Yankees tied the score and took a 4-3 lead on a pair of bases-loaded walks.
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