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Juan Soto has a knack for playing in Philadelphia. On Monday, he got Trea Turner in on it, too.

Soto hit his ninth and 10th homers at Citizens Bank Park (in just his 17th career game in Philly) during Washington’s 8-6 loss to the Phillies. Three of his seven career multihomer games have come against the National League East rival, and on Monday, they represented his 10th and 11th homers of 2020 in just his 24th game.

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“Since the first day I got here, I always told my hitting coach that this feels big, and he told me, 'I would say that it’s not that big,'” Soto said. “I don’t know, I just feel comfortable hitting here and everything. I feel good at the plate. I just try to make a good swing on the ball, try to look for a good pitch. If they’re hanging, we’re banging.”

Soto rocked his first homer of the night a projected 408 feet to left field off an 81.9 mph slider from right-hander Spencer Howard in the fifth inning that drove in Turner. It was his 23rd opposite-field homer since he made his big league debut in May 2018, tying him with Cubs shortstop Javier Báez for the lead over that span.

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Soto still had more to deliver. In the ninth, he sent an 80 mph knuckle curveball from closer Brandon Workman 409 feet to center.

“Juan, he’s just a special kid,” manager Dave Martinez said. “He puts good at-bats together. He’s got power to all fields. He took a breaking ball his last at-bat and hit it to straightaway center in the bullpen. That’s pretty impressive.”

Soto brought the hard contact and Turner brought the head-turning consistency. With a 4-for-5 performance, the shortstop extended his hitting streak to 16 games and increased his batting average to a Major League-leading .377 on the season. His 399-foot home run to left field off right-hander Heath Hembree in the seventh inning followed Michael A. Taylor for back-to-back shots.

In his last four games, Turner is 14-for-19, becoming the first player to record 14 or more hits over 19 at-bats since Dee Gordon in 2018.

“[I’ve learned] how to be consistent,” Turner said. “I think that’s something I’ve always strived for throughout my career. ... You saw that with [Anthony Rendon] and Juan, really over the few years, that they just show up to the park every day and feel like they’re locked in. Whether they are or aren’t, they just consistently have good at-bats. That’s something I’ve wanted to do, and I just feel like I’m doing it right now.”

The hot bats of Soto and Turner are exactly what Martinez had in mind when he moved Soto up to the second spot of the batting order, behind leadoff man Turner. Soto said he has been seeing more pitches, which he thinks could do damage with following Turner and hitting ahead of Howie Kendrick.

Soto and Turner’s offensive spark -- which combined for six hits, five RBIs, five runs and three home runs in nine at-bats on Monday -- helped keep the Nats in a game in which they trailed early after Erick Fedde allowed solo homers in the first two innings. Hit-by-hit, the duo gave Washington a chance to make a comeback.

“They’re both feeding off each other right now,” Martinez said. “Trea’s getting good pitches to hit because Juan’s behind him. When Trea gets on, Soto’s getting pitched to. ... That’s kind of why I wanted Juan to hit second. We need him to get pitched to, and so far it’s been working out.”