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Cole (15-4) faced two batters over the minimum, allowing a single and a double to Brandon Belt.
“That’s just a pitching clinic,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “I think he embodied his season right there. “It’s fun to see him do that and put an exclamation point on the Cy Young Award with that performance.”
Pitching his second straight game against Toronto, Cole said he treated the pair of starts “like a little playoff situation” to give himself extra energy.
“Knowing that these are back-to-back outings against a club that is fighting for a playoff position and obviously a formidable offense with a lot of stars, I wasn’t going to come here and not be there,” he said. saying.
Cole struck out five and walked none, throwing 72 of 105 pitches for strikes. He finished his season with 222 strikeouts in 209 innings.
“That was the cherry on top of an incredible season for him,” Judge said.
Seeking his first Cy Young, Cole lowered his AL-leading ERA to 2.63. Minnesota’s Sonny Gray is second at 2.80 and is scheduled to make his final regular-season start Thursday. Gray needs to pitch 12 scoreless innings to reduce his ERA below Cole’s.
2023-09-28 04:07:27
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