Yankees ace Gerrit Cole allows 3 runs and 3 hits over 5 2/3 innings in 3rd minor league rehab start
Cole struck out three and walked none, throwing 45 of 60 pitches for strikes. “Not a lot of large misses and consistency out of all of the offerings today, which was nice,” Cole said. Cole retired his first 11 batters before Ronald Rosario's single.
BRIDGEWATER, N. J. (AP) — New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole allowed three runs and three hits over 5 2/3 innings Wednesday in his third minor league injury rehabilitation start.
His outing came in the Somerset Patriots' 6-5, seven-inning loss to Boston's Portland Sea Dogs in the second game of a doubleheader in the Double-A Eastern League. Cole struck out three and walked none, throwing 45 of 60 pitches for strikes. “Not a lot of large misses and consistency out of all of the offerings today, which was nice,” Cole said.
“I was pleased with the changeup. The shape and the location was pretty good today, probably the best it’s been. ” Cole retired his first 11 batters before Ronald Rosario's single.
Johanfran Garcia hit a two-run homer on the next pitch for a 2-1 lead in the fourth and Max Ferguson also went deep on the first pitch, in the fifth. Cole has a 4. 40 ERA in three minor league starts, striking out 10 and walking one in 14 1/3 innings while allowing four homers.