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Marly RiveraESPN writer
ANAHEIM, California. The New York Yankees won a four-game losing streak with a career game for ace Gerrit Cole in their 4-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels.
Cole caused 32 changes and failures, a new high season of the regular season, which left out 15 batters in 7 innings on Wednesday night. The 15 attacks by Cole, one of the first of his career, tied him with Jacob deGrom of the New York Mets to get the maximum number of attacks through 7 innings of a game for any pitcher this season.
“Dominant,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said as he described Cole’s start. “Obviously he’s had some good ones in his career and certainly with us the last two seasons; that for me was up there. That was a guy with control, one step ahead of these guys all day. “His fast ball was as good as it has been all year.”
“Just complete domination,” echoed star camper Aaron Judge. “That’s what we needed from our ace today, especially after the last couple of games fell short, especially after a long streak and doing so well and the last four games didn’t finish the job. It’s our “So we want him on the mound in any situation where we need to win. And he has shown it tonight.”
The judge, who won 2-on-3, and reached his 30th game of the season, said Cole’s performance was reminiscent of how pleased they were to have worn the Yankees grays. Cole set a new franchise record in most bouts through his first 25 starts with 215, surpassing David Cone’s previous mark of 207 set in 1997.
“The first game I thought I was talking to the Dodgers, Anaheim, a couple more teams … Luckily now he wears a shirt away from home, not the white and red. Only a guy who could change his mind. ‘Team; change a franchise,’ ‘the judge said.
Cole had exceptional mastery of all his throws, especially his 4-seam fast ball, and didn’t emit a single walk. Only two other Yankee pitchers have had more than 15 pitching games without issuing a single base on balls, Michael Pineda in 2015 and Masahiro Tanaka in 2017. It was Cole’s third most-launched 15,000 pitching game, the third of the active pitchers behind Chris Sale (4) and Max Scherzer (6).
Cole destroyed Shohei Ohtani in three bats, all with 4-seam fast balls and 98 mph more, becoming the first pitcher to eliminate the two-way superstar in 4-seam fast balls in one game.
“Viously, obviously, it was just an amazing game, but it limits what we expect from it every time. It’s so good,” said Kyle Higashioka, who has become Cole’s personal catcher. “Shohei is a special player. He’s definitely the most exciting player in the game right now. And I think Gerritt definitely stood up to the occasion, brought his best stuff and did what we all know he could. do”.
A product of Orange Lutheran High School, located less than five miles from Angels Stadium, Cole had a large group of friends and family performing “The Big A” at the end of the New York road trip.
“It’s a special day. It’s always a good time to go out and see some people where you’re from,” Cole said of describing the first home throw, in front of fans, in a Yankee uniform. “This was the last game he made a road trip, struggling to stay above 500 for the trip, so there’s a bit of intensity, not trying to sweep the road is a thing “And doing it in front of the family is like a little cherry on top.”
The Yankees finished their 9-game swing 5-4 and entered the clubhouse 2 games ahead of the Boston Red Sox to get the first wildcard in the American League and seven games behind the Tampa Bay Rays, leader of the AL East. The Red Sox beat the Rays Wednesday night in St. Petersburg, Florida, 3-2.
Meanwhile, New York improved to 22-8 from early August and 31-13 from All-Star Break.