New York Mets supervisor Carlos Mendoza stated he’ll speak to Juan Soto about hustling out of the batter’s field after the slugger watched his would-be residence run bounce off the Inexperienced Monster for a single Monday evening in opposition to the Boston Red Sox.
Main off the sixth inning on a cold evening at Fenway Park with a 15 mph wind blowing in from left area, Soto hit a 102 mph line drive to left and stood watching because it sailed towards the Inexperienced Monster.
The ball hit about two-thirds of the way in which up the 37-foot wall, and Soto was solely in a position to handle a single.
“He thought he had it,” Mendoza informed reporters after his staff’s 3-1 loss. “However with the wind and all that, and on this ballpark — anyplace, however particularly on this one, with that wall proper there — you’ve acquired to get out of the field. So, yeah, we’ll focus on that.”
Soto stole second on the primary pitch to the subsequent batter, however the $765 million star ended up stranded on third. He denied lollygagging on the basepaths.
“I believe I’ve been hustling fairly arduous,” he stated. “In case you see it in the present day, you may inform.”
It’s not unusual for balls hit off the Inexperienced Monster to end in singles: Within the first inning, Pete Alonso was thrown out attempting for second base on a ball off the left-field wall. However Soto had additionally did not run arduous out of the field on a groundout Sunday evening at Yankee Stadium.
“We’ll speak to him about it,” Mendoza stated.
Reporting by The Related Press.
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