Gerrit Cole Tosses Six Shutout Innings, Picks Up 150th Career Win
3 months agoNew York Yankees right-hander Gerrit Cole threw six shutout innings while giving up just one hit to beat the Cleveland Guardians on Thursday at Yankee Stadium for his 150th career victory. Cole improved to 5-2 on the year despite walking five and striking out only two in the outing. He improved to 2-0 with a 1.17 ERA (three earned runs in 23 innings) in three starts in August since receiving 10 days of rest following a tough outing on July 24 due to general body fatigue. Cole joined Justin Verlander (260), Max Scherzer (216) and Clayton Kershaw (212) as the only active pitchers with at least 150 wins. It appears that the rest given to Cole recently has worked out well for the Yankees. After getting a late start to the year due to an arm injury, Cole entered Thursday's outing with a 4.15 ERA, a 1.36 WHIP and a 60:16 K:BB in 52 innings over 10 starts.
Source: MLB.com - Bryan Hoch
Source: MLB.com - Bryan Hoch