That’s when Juan Soto came into the discussion.
Soto battled Skenes over seven pitches, drawing a walk after Skenes swung and whiffed on an 84.7 mph curveball and then swung and whiffed again on a 100 mph fastball.
“I was trying to get him deep,” Soto said. “I’m not gonna lie.”
Up to bat was Aaron Judge, the American League’s home run leader who leads the major leagues with 34 home runs. Skenes threw a 99.7 mph fastball. Judge swung and hit a routine grounder to third base.
Skenes’ night was over.
“That’s amazing,” Skenes said.
“Probably the first pitch,” he said, “just because I was up there. I don’t think I lost consciousness when I was up there, but I was pretty close. It was cool to be on that mound, but it was cool to be able to share this with my family and have them here and experience it.”
By u1news-staff
