CINCINNATI — National League batting leader Juan Soto homered in consecutive innings, and the Washington Nationals pushed the Cincinnati Reds further from playoff contention with a 3-2 win Thursday night in the opener of a four-game series.
Seeking his second straight NL batting title, Soto raised his average to .325 with a three-hit night and is four points ahead of the Los Angeles’ Dodgers Trea Turner. Soto’s his former Nationals teammate had a three-hit game at Colorado.
Soto led off the sixth against Luis Castillo with an opposite-field drive to left that bounced off the top of the wall and into the stands.