Gerrit Cole Picks Up Third Straight Win As Brett Gardner, DJ Lemahieu, Gio Urshela Go Yard In Opener Against Philadelphia

Gerrit Cole picked up his third straight win for the team that wears the pinstripes as he made his debut at Yankee Stadium on Monday night.

This time wearing the pinstripes.

In his Yankee Stadium debut on Monday the right handed pitcher from Newport Beach California pitched six strong innings as New York topped Philadelphia in the opener of the four game series. “according to an article by Bryan Hoch

While Brett Gardner, DJ Lemahieu and Gio Urshela contributed to the offense for the team that wears the pinstripes.

How?

DJ Leamahieu led off with a home run in the first inning. But that wasn’t the contributions New York received on offense as both Brett Gardner and Gio Urshela also went yard.Brett Gardner answered Bruce’s homer with an opposite-field blast in the bottom of the third, marking the first time in Gardner’s career that he has homered over the left-field wall at Yankee Stadium. While Gio Urshela hit the team wears third home run of the night. the evening off Deolis Guerra in the sixth.  But wasn’t all the third baseman did as Gio Urshela also cotributed defensively. according to an article by Bryan Hoch

While New York won the opening game of the four game series Philadelphia meanwhile had a setback in Didi Gregorius and Joe Girardi’s return to Yankee Stadium where Jake Arrieta made his season debut for Philadelphia where he allowed seven hits, three runs and two home runs in five innings. He struck out four consecutive batters, including the side in the fourth, appearing to get better as the game continued. according to an article by Por Todd Zolecki on mlb.com

Game two and three of the series will take place on Wednesday in Philadelphia Pennsylvania as a doubleheader. Why? Because of mother nature and Hurricane Isaias that will bring severe weather.“according to an article by Bryan Hoch

In the first game of the seven-inning twin bill, scheduled for 4:05 p.m. ET, the Yankees will serve as the “home” team. (According to the rulebook, if a game is played at one team’s home grounds, then that team is in fact the home team whether it bats first or second.) The Phillies will be the home team for the second game, which is scheduled to begin approximately 35 minutes after the conclusion of the first game. “according to an article by Bryan Hoch