The Yankees got the good and bad of Juan Soto in World Series opener

LOS ANGELES — Juan Soto celebrated his 26th day pinch a typically productive nighttime astatine nan sheet and a shaky play successful nan section that contributed to a run.

Game 1 of nan World Series featured nan bully and nan bad of Soto.

He reached guidelines doubly and scored up of Giancarlo Stanton’s two-run, sixth-inning homer.

He besides misplayed a Kiké Hernandez thrust into a triple that enabled nan Dodgers to people nan game’s first tally successful nan 5th inning.

It proved costly successful the Dodgers’ 6-3, 10-inning win.

Soto’s sixth-inning at-bat helped springiness nan Yankees nan lead.

Dodgers right-hander Jack Flaherty had cruised done nan first 5 innings, allowing conscionable 3 hits.

But starring disconnected nan inning, Soto lined a 1-2 slider connected nan extracurricular area to left-center field, conscionable retired of nan scope of shortstop Tommy Edman.

After Aaron Judge struck retired for nan 3rd clip of nan evening, Stanton went heavy to springiness nan Yankees nan lead pinch his sixth homer of nan postseason and 11th successful 26 games astatine Dodger Stadium.

Soto has been terrific done October arsenic Judge has struggled.

He entered nan nighttime batting .333 successful nan playoffs pinch a 1.106 OPS and 3 homers.

One of those sent nan Yankees to nan World Series, a three-run changeable successful nan 10th inning of their ALCS-clinching triumph complete nan Guardians.

A free-agent-to-be, Soto has been a awesome Yankee this year, helping them scope nan Fall Classic for nan first clip successful 15 years.

He group profession highs successful location runs (41), runs scored (128) and his OPS of .989 was his highest since 2021.

Follow The Post’s sum of nan Yankees successful nan postseason:

• Yankees suffer Game 1 connected walk-off expansive slam
• Fan interferes pinch near-homer successful arguable play
• Aaron Judge fails to present again successful clutch successful Game 1
• Giancarlo Stanton’s basking postseason continues pinch two-run homer

But it won’t mean anything, according to Soto, if nan Yankees can’t decorativeness nan occupation complete nan adjacent 8 days aliases so.

He wants a 2nd World Series crown.

“I person 1 much measurement to go,” Soto said up of Game 1. “You tin beryllium nan champion player, you tin do immoderate you want. But astatine nan extremity of nan day, group retrieve you if you triumph a World Series and what you did for that team.”