Yankees Lose Marathon in Final Series Against Rockies: Gerrit Cole Makes Franchise History

2023-07-17 02:54:23

DENVER – The Yankees lost a marathon in the final of the series once morest the Rockies at Coors Field on Sunday followingnoon, being defeated 8-7 in 11 innings.

A dominant and historic start by Gerrit Cole was marred by poor production at the plate early in the game and a bullpen implosion in the late innings that sent the Yankees to Anaheim on the next leg of their trip down the losing road. in two of his three challenges in Colorado.

Cole allowed one run and two hits while walking one and striking out 11. This outstanding start was the 24th of Cole’s Yankees career in which he struck out 10 or more batters, breaking a tie with Ron Guidry to win the No. 1 ranking in franchise history.

Cole accomplished the feat in his 95th start with the Yankees, by far the fewest pitchers with 20 or more double-digit strikeout outings. Guidry had 23 in 323 starts for New York, David Cone had 21 in 144 starts and CC Sabathia had 20 in 306.

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