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Juan Soto swings momentum to Yankees with HR after injury scare

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NEW YORK -- For a moment Wednesday night, during the sixth inning of perhaps the Yankees' best win of the 2024 season, dread filled Yankee Stadium.

That's what happens when Juan Soto hops halfway down the first-base line and drops to his knees after fouling a pitch off the top of his right foot three weeks before the start of the postseason.

Soto stayed down as a trainer and manager Aaron Boone tended to him in front of a hushed crowd. He tried walking it off, but the pain didn't seem to subside.