Juan Soto hits home run onto Eutaw Street

BALTIMORE — Juan Soto connected for the second-longest homer to land on Eutaw Street, one-hopping the right-field warehouse with a 447-foot drive, but the Yankees couldn’t muster any more offense in a 4-2 loss to the Orioles on Tuesday evening at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

Only Gunnar Henderson (462 feet on June 11, 2023) has hit a Eutaw Street homer longer than Soto’s sixth-inning blast off Dean Kremer. Soto flipped his bat and stared at Kramer before rounding the bases with his team-leading eighth homer.

But Baltimore’s bullpen silenced New York the rest of the way, with the O’s (19-10) claiming sole possession of first place over the Yankees (19-12) in the American League East.

Nestor Cortes took the loss after being knocked for four runs and eight hits over six innings. Cortes’ roughest inning was the fourth, when he was peppered with contact leading to three runs, including run-scoring hits by James McCann, Henderson and Adley Rutschman.

Austin Wells hit a third-inning homer for the Yanks off Kremer, who permitted just four hits over seven innings. Soto’s drive was the first homer of the year to reach Eutaw Street, the 123rd all-time and the 65th by an opposing player.

The homer marked the Yankees’ 11th — by eight different players — to land on Eutaw Street. Paul O’Neill was the first Yankee to achieve it, exactly 28 years ago on April 30, 1996.

Other Yankees to reach the street include: Jason Giambi (three times), Johnny Damon, Robinson Cano, Nick Swisher, Curtis Granderson (two times) and Didi Gregorius.