Gerrit Cole's Start Verses Boston On Sunday In Boston Massachusetts Showed That Even Great Pitchers Have Games When They're Not At Their Best

Gerrit Cole is a great pitcher

In his inaugural season with New York he finished with a record of 7-3 with an earn run average of 2.84.

This season which is his second season with New York he is off to an 8-4 start with an earn run average of 2.66.

“according to https://www.mlb.com/player/gerrit-cole-543037

But as great of a pitcher Gerrit Cole is there are times when he isn’t at his best!

Sunday verses Boston at Fenway Park in Boston Massachusetts was one of those times.

Why?

Gerrit Cole’s first pitch of the afternoon was belted over the left-field Green Monster by Kiké Hernández, and Rafael Devers crushed a 451-foot, three-run homer to the right-field seats four batters later, setting the tone for the Yankees’ 9-2 loss to the Red Sox on Sunday. The Yankees have opened the season 0-6 against Boston for the first time since 2009, when they started winless in eight tries.

J.D. Martinez launched a third-inning solo home run and Christian Vázquez lifted a sacrifice fly to round out scoring against Gerrit Cole, who was charged with six runs (five earned) and eight hits over five innings. Gerrit Cole walked two and struck out six in an 89-pitch effort.

“according to an article by Bryan Hoch on mlb.com”