The Yankees acquired Juan Soto last winter to return them to the stage they once owned.
Soto’s homer was the second by the Yankees in Game 5, after a two-run shot by series MVP Giancarlo Stanton off Tanner Bibee that tied the score in the sixth inning.
pic.twitter.com/6R5fWpEg6I — New York Yankees (@Yankees) October 20, 2024“We had our ups, we had our downs,” general partner Hal Steinbrenner said on the TBS broadcast after holding aloft the AL championship trophy on the field.
AdvertisementThe Yankees conquered Clase the previous two nights, but he rebounded in Game 5 against the same foes who humbled him earlier in the series.
Stanton ripped a full-count slider — the only pitch Bibee left over the plate the whole at-bat.
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