For a stretch of eight games over the past week, Juan Soto looked merely human. 

He spent Saturday afternoon looking more like Juan Soto while supporting his pitcher, who did not look mortal, either. 

Soto crushed a pair of home runs in a four-hit game and Luis Gil struck out a career-high 14 in a dazzling performance as the Yankees cruised to their sixth straight win with a 6-1 drubbing of the White Sox in The Bronx. 

On a day when Giancarlo Stanton and Jose Trevino also homered, the Yankees (32-15) were led by their two stud 25-year-olds to clinch a 12th series victory in their first 15 chances for the sixth time in franchise history. 

“It was a fun day,” Soto said after going 4-for-4 with a walk, three RBIs and his first multi-home run game as a Yankee. “More than happy to get the win and see Gil doing his thing.” 

During his six innings of work, Gil at one point fanned seven straight batters and ended up striking out nine of the final 10 batters he faced.

The right-hander overpowered the lowly White Sox (14-32) with a fastball that hit 100 mph and a changeup that routinely fooled hitters, lowering his ERA to 2.39 in nine starts as Gerrit Cole’s injury replacement. 

“He has the stuff to do that, so it doesn’t surprise me,” Trevino said. “He’s just got to keep attacking the zone like that with everything.” 

Gil’s gem, which broke Orlando Hernandez’s Yankees rookie record for strikeouts in a game, continued a suffocating stretch for the rotation.

Yankees starters have allowed just two earned runs over their past six starts (spanning 39 innings), fueling the club’s season-high winning streak. 

Soto — 144 days younger than Gil — made sure the emerging starter had plenty of run support, clobbering 854 feet in home runs.

The star right fielder had been quiet of late, batting 4-for-31 in his last eight games before Saturday, but busted out of it in a big way. 

Friday afternoon, Soto was out on the field to work on his swing in early batting practice.

He went out that night and was 1-for-4 with a double and two hard-hit outs, which manager Aaron Boone called a “prelude” to Saturday. 

“Trying to find that feeling again where I was hitting the ball in the first month,” Soto said. “Getting that feeling back and just get that confidence back on.” 

Asked if he found that feeling, Soto grinned and sheepishly replied, “I think so.” He now has 11 home runs on the year, joining Aaron Judge (12) and Stanton (11) to form a three-headed monster. 

Both of Soto’s home runs Saturday were absolute no-doubters to right field off White Sox right-hander Brad Keller.

The first one tied the game in the bottom of the first inning, before his second blast made it 6-1 in the fifth inning.

In between, he added an RBI single in the second inning that put the Yankees up 4-1. 

Gil’s only trouble came in the first inning when he threw 29 pitches and gave up an early run on some soft contact.

He didn’t feel as comfortable with his fastball in the opening frame, but locked it in after that and went on cruise control while mowing down the White Sox. 

“Maybe his fastball of the year, which is saying something,” Boone said. “Just pouring it in there, with the presence of the secondary stuff too. Really impressive.” 

Gil’s 14 strikeouts tied the MLB high for a single game this season as he became just the 11th pitcher in franchise history to fan at least 14 in a game, the first one to do it since Cole in 2022. 

Of course, if not for Cole’s injury, Gil would have opened the season in Triple-A.

Instead, he pounced on the opportunity and has spent the time since impressing the Yankees with his maturation and increased focus, allowing him to co-star with Soto on a day like Saturday. 

“It’s really nice to see a guy like that, seeing that electric fastball 98-99, it’s incredible,” Soto said. “He’s just unbelievable.”