The new york yankees they bent the minnesota twins for the third consecutive game, and reached 4 straight wins in the Major League Baseball (MLB), 5 above their closest rivals in the American League East.
Although in the first of Wednesday’s doubleheader Aaron Judge stole the show by hitting his 55th home run of the season, beating Alex Rodriguez as the right-handed hitter with the most home runs in a year, and Owsaldo Cabrera gave the Yankees the victory in the twelfth inning with a single, in the second game it was Gerritt Cole who was intractable.
The star pitcher of the ‘Bronx Bombers’ had one of his best games of the year, working for 6.2 innings, in which he only allowed one run, 5 hits, and prescribed 14 strikeouts, his highest number of the campaign.
The star on the mound
Once again Gerrit Cole showed why he signed a 9-year, $324 million contract with the Yankees in 2020, the largest contract in history for a pitcher in the Major Leagues.
With his 14 strikeouts, Cole gave himself time to tie for third place in history for most games of 10 or more strikeouts for the Yankees. CC Sabathiawith a total of 20.
The only pitchers with more games than 10 strikeouts in the history of the legendary New York franchise are Ron Guidry with 23, and David Cone with 21.
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According to the StatMuse site, since his debut in 2020 with the Yankees, his 20 games of 10 or more strikeouts are the most in that period, as well as the most chocolates since then in the Majors. with a total of 541.
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