Alex Bregman hit a solo homer to give the Houston Astros a 2-1 lead over the Washington Nationals in Game 6 of the World Series, and carried his bat all the way to first base a la Pedro Cerrano. Well, in the top of the fifth, the Nationals’ Juan Soto matched the move, and with an even more impressive home run.
Soto demolished a Justin Verlander offering for a moonshot go-ahead dinger in the top of the fifth. And, like Bregman, carried the bat to first base.
SOTO TO THE MOON. pic.twitter.com/9FrMo3zIsE
— MLB (@MLB) October 30, 2019
21 savage. #WorldSeries pic.twitter.com/AcYp6Ypps5
— MLB (@MLB) October 30, 2019
This dude Juan Soto really carried his bat to 1st base too!
Also a legend. pic.twitter.com/SVFHsPPfBe
— Cut4 (@Cut4) October 30, 2019
This is so petty and I love it so very, very much pic.twitter.com/UNe8mE1ekU
— Mike Petriello (@mike_petriello) October 30, 2019
If the Astros hit another home run later in this game the hitter's gotta carry the bat to third base. Let's keep this going.
— Evan Saacks (@evansaacks) October 30, 2019
Soto — who turned 21 less than a week ago — now has the postseason and World Series records for the most home runs by a player 21 or younger.
Juan Soto now has 5 HR this postseason, breaking a tie with Miguel Cabrera (2003) for the most home runs in postseason history by a player age 21 or younger.
He is also the youngest player to hit 3 HR in a single World Series. pic.twitter.com/0be3ydBJak
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) October 30, 2019
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