Juan Soto went 1-for-4 with a first-inning single and dropped behind LA’s Trea Turner in the former teammates’ race for the National League batting title in the Washington Nationals’ 5-4 win over the Colorado Rockies.
The Nationals’ 22-year-old superstar came into the game in a statistical near-dead heat at .322 with Turner, who was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers with Max Scherzer in the deadline deal that brought the Nats their starting battery, Josiah Gray and Keibert Ruiz.
Soto ended it, however, with a .321 average to drop behind the idle Turner.