Even the hottest pitcher in baseball was no match for the sport's foremost slugging prodigy in Game 1 of the World Series.
Though Tuesday's Fall Classic opener between the Washington Nationals and Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park was originally billed as a bout between aces Max Scherzer and Gerrit Cole, it was Juan Soto who stole the show in leading the Nationals to their first ever World Series victory with a 5-4 win.
Washington's left fielder got his first of three knocks—he also stole a base for good measure—with a game-tying solo home run off Cole in the fourth that landed on the train tracks beyond left field:
Later in the fifth inning, Soto got to Cole again with a double to left that brought home the last two runs the Nationals would need:
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