Juan Soto returned to Yankee Stadium and was booed as a substitute reinforcement shines in the subway battle

The first round of Friday's subway battle could go down in history with barrage of boos — when Juan Soto stepped into the Yankee Stadium strike zone for the first time since last year's World Series, he was greeted by cacophonic boos throughout the night. The superstar, who last year wore a striped jersey and formed the "Contemporary Ruth-Jalig Combination" with Aaron Judge, moved to the Mets on a record-breaking 15-year, $765 million contract, only to be treated like José Altuve on his old home turf.

Although the final score was set to a 6-2 victory for the Yankees, Soto's return was still in focus. The Yankees quickly launched Plan B after losing Soto, bringing in Paul Goldschmidt and Cody Bellinger to make their subway debut.

'It's great to be in a game like this,' Bellinger said, 'and the stadium is full and the energy is so high. Starting pitcher Carlos Rodón praised: "They bring experience and depth to the line, Gordy leads by example every day, and Pele is impeccable in any position." "

This is the 29th time that the New York derby has been played out, and Metz fans have previously booed Yankee stars like Roger Clemens and Derek Jeter, but Yankee fans rarely had such a clear hostile target — until Soto came along. Although the Yankees made a 16-year $760 million contract extension offer, they still lost to the higher chips of the Mets.

There was no video tribute before the game, instead 47,700 spectators vented their emotions with unprintable slogans and slogans. In the face of boos, Soto calmly responded: "You must accept all this and maintain professionalism." I enjoyed the moment. As he walked to the right field guard in the first inning, the Bleacher Creatures turned their backs in protest.

Soto was quiet all night: three rounds showed his pick eye, one rolled out and three innings down to Anthony Volpe's high-flying sacrifice to hit home plate for a triple. It was the Yankees' striking that really made the noise: 10 onslaughts scored four points in three innings, including Goldschmidt's infield hit, Francisco Lindor's bad passes, and Oswald Peraza's full-run run.

Rhoden conceded one point in five innings (two hits, four ties) to win, Jonathan Loáisiga returned from injury without conceding a point in his first game, and Devin Williams' eight-inning strikeout included a head-to-head showdown with Pete Alonso, who froze his opponent with a 94.8mph speedball in the shadow of last year's playoffs.

When Soto faced Luke Weaver in the ninth inning, despite a four-point lead, Yankees coach Aaron Boone admitted to avoid eye contact with his erstease. Last year's American League Championship game Soto blasted the legendary goodbye bomb in Cleveland is still fresh in my mind, but this time he only hit the ordinary midfield flyball to end the Yankees' night.

"It's a lot of fun," Goldschmidt concluded, "and that's the beauty of the New York derby." And winning makes everything even better. "