Juan Soto drew three consecutive walks to open the New York Mets' showdown with the New York Yankees on Friday night, although his former team got the last laugh.

With the game tied 2-2, the Yankees loaded the bases after two outs in the eighth inning on a double and two walks, but Mets reliever Reed Garrett escaped when DJ LeMahieu hit a rope right at Soto in right field.

Many within a sellout crowd of 47,510 — and particularly in the ever-lively sections 203 and 204 — again booed, heckled and jeered Juan Soto throughout the Mets’ 3-2 win, just as they did in