{"id":69248,"date":"2025-06-12T07:31:06","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T07:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=69248"},"modified":"2025-06-12T07:31:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T07:31:19","slug":"what-mets-juan-soto-told-opposing-pitcher-who-was-jawing-at-him-after-home-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=69248","title":{"rendered":"What Mets\u2019 Juan Soto told opposing pitcher who was jawing at him after home run"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<nav aria-label=\"articleLabel\">\n<ol id=\"articleLabel__list\">\n<li id=\"articleLabel__listItem\">Mets<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/nav>\n<ul>\n<li><time datetime=\"2025-06-11174963076600008:32:46\">Updated: Jun. 11, 2025, 8:32 a.m.<\/time><\/li>\n<li><span aria-hidden=\"true\">|<\/span><time datetime=\"2025-06-11174962160100006:00:01\">Published: Jun. 11, 2025, 6:00 a.m.<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\">\n<article id=\"arc-WY6OKMMV2JEW7FYFHAUKY3FU24\" data-type=\"article\">\n<div>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<div><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/resizer\/v2\/GBZKJOSFPBCBLGDKMI325H6E44.jpg?auth=abade331028bf5f12282cc43adeeba72a652ded06fe3ba99943fb648cd8fbc50&amp;width=500&amp;quality=90 500w\" media=\"(max-width: 500px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/resizer\/v2\/GBZKJOSFPBCBLGDKMI325H6E44.jpg?auth=abade331028bf5f12282cc43adeeba72a652ded06fe3ba99943fb648cd8fbc50&amp;width=800&amp;quality=90 800w\" media=\"(max-width: 800px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/resizer\/v2\/GBZKJOSFPBCBLGDKMI325H6E44.jpg?auth=abade331028bf5f12282cc43adeeba72a652ded06fe3ba99943fb648cd8fbc50&amp;width=1280&amp;quality=90 1280w\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.mlbstatic.com\/mlb-images\/image\/upload\/ar_16:9,g_auto,q_auto:good,w_1024,c_fill,f_jpg,dpr_3.0\/mlb\/voivv7yd81tnta6joznt\" alt=\"Yankees change plans after Juan Soto goes to Mets\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Washington Nationals pitcher MacKenzie Gore reacts as New York Mets&#8217; Juan Soto runs the bases after hitting a home run during the third inning of a baseball game Tuesday, June 10, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo\/Frank Franklin II)AP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p id=\"DUPGGGQMJVCEJBIVVH3ZZL3RCI\"><b>NEW YORK \u2014 <\/b>Mets right fielder Juan Soto and Washington Nationals starter MacKenzie Gore will forever be linked.<\/p>\n<p id=\"TAYNGCVFMRDZRC77Y4S2CUNGG4\">In 2022, the Nationals traded Soto to the San Diego Padres for a haul that included Gore \u2014 and shortstop CJ Abrams, left fielder James Wood, and outfielder Robert Hassell III. Since then, they\u2019ve faced each other 12 times.<\/p>\n<p id=\"B5S2WSF42VCJNJ5YJJAGPHU3IE\">Gore has mostly gotten the best of Soto, who went 0-for-4 against Gore as a member of the Yankees last season and entered the game 2 for 9 against the left-hander in his career.<\/p>\n<p id=\"5RTYKGIMVNE6RLXWTKGG25MN2M\">In the Mets\u2019 5-4 win on Tuesday, it was Soto who prevailed over Gore.<\/p>\n<p id=\"PMRIB7HPBNFDDC5MPB3T4QEUXI\">After the left-hander struck Soto out looking in the first inning, Soto returned in the third inning looking for payback.<\/p>\n<p id=\"HZG4XTJ3S5B7RFNEEHYLQCNVWU\">The next time, Soto worked a six-pitch at-bat that featured his signature stare-down shuffle. On the sixth pitch, Soto hit a hanging slider over the wall in left field to bring the Mets within one run of the Nationals.<\/p>\n<p id=\"UDNTZTW4HBC57L2NFFALQVLDV4\">Rounding the bases, Soto kept eye contact with Gore and appeared to say something.<\/p>\n<p id=\"NU74W4ROYZFS5HBCKFERNB5UPI\">\u201cWe were saying hi to each other,\u201d Soto said with a smile after the game. \u201cThat\u2019s it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"2E55YYSQTNC4NEASDBKPKNSQ4Q\">Gore revealed that there\u2019s a bit of a rivalry between the two of them, but it\u2019s all in good fun.<\/p>\n<p id=\"RRJE2LGNK5BUJBXJYDJQ4YX6EI\">\u201cWe always go back and forth. It\u2019s nothing bad,\u201d Gore told reporters after the game. \u201cHe got me. He earned it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"LBEPIJGRHNGGFK4EWNTIM2QQIY\">In the end, Soto went 1 for 3 against Gore, who forced Soto to ground out in his third at-bat against him in the sixth inning.<\/p>\n<p id=\"FARMMEMCXNGFDPS7ZFTXDRQ4KE\">\u201cI thought they handled it the way they should handle it,\u201d Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said dismissively after the game.<\/p>\n<p id=\"6L62PYW5PRAA7HKD4JURR7GEX4\">Soto delivered a 107.3 mph line drive to right field for an RBI double that cut the Nationals\u2019 lead to 4-3 in the eighth inning against left Jose Ferrer.<\/p>\n<p id=\"O2WNU76ZPJBINAWBMGKIOLSMFY\">He wound up scoring the game-tying run on first baseman Pete Alonso\u2019s single, finishing his day 2 for 4 with a home run, double, two RBIs and two runs.<\/p>\n<p id=\"FGRLBZWXCZGBZMP5WZE35OW3BY\">Soto is 14-for-41 (.341 batting average) with a 1.225 OPS, including six extra-base hits (four home runs) in his last 12 games. 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