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“#Yankees’ Gerrit Cole avoids drama in first umpire checks<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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This goes down as a bad Yankees loss, Jonathan Loaisiga suffering a rare implosion as the mediocre Royals prevailed, 6-5, Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium. It hurt all the more because the Rays and Red Sox going head-to-head down at Tropicana Field meant a Yankees win guaranteed gaining ground on someone (the Rays lost, 9-5) in the American League East.<\/p>\n

In the bigger picture \u2014 a picture nine years long and $301.3 million wide \u2014 we witnessed Gerrit Cole endure his first pair of umpire inspections and live to tell the tale, his lower spin rates (again) notwithstanding.<\/p>\n

The Yankees\u2019 ace, a person of interest in the sticky-stuff imbroglio thanks to those recently declining spin rates \u2014 which prompted a public accusation by Twins third baseman Josh Donaldson \u2014 departed the game<\/a> as the potential winning pitcher after seven strong innings, as he allowed two runs on three hits and three walks, his six strikeouts marking his seventh straight outing in which he fell short of double-digit Ks. In his three starts since Donaldson fingered him, Cole owns a 2.57 ERA over 21 innings despite striking out \u201conly\u201d 19 against four walks.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I had a dollar for how many times the Pirates told me to pitch to contact, I may not have as much money now, but I\u2019d still have quite a bit of money,\u201d Cole said afterward. \u201cThat was what was hammered into us growing up. A lot of those fundamentals have never left my game.\u201d<\/p>\n

Said Aaron Boone: \u201cGerrit\u2019s great. He\u2019s going to navigate this. He\u2019s a great pitcher with great stuff, great delivery, all kinds of weapons. So he\u2019ll navigate this.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Umpires inspect Yankees ace Gerrit Cole for foreign substances.<\/figcaption>
Charles Wenzelberg\/New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If the sticky-stuff scene down in Philadelphia was spectacular, Nationals ace Max Scherzer and Phillies manager Joe Girardi teaming to create a chaotic scene, awkwardness defined the scene here in The Bronx. When Cole finished his work in the first and second innings, he acknowledged afterward, he looked to the officiators with the expectation that he would be examined, only to not be app<\/a>roached. The searches arrived in the third and sixth innings, Cole \u2014 like every pitcher so far \u2014 being cleared by home plate ump Brian Knight and crew chief Bill Miller.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s really a super-comfortable situation for anybody,\u201d Cole said, \u201cbut it is what it is, and maybe we\u2019ll get more comfortable with it going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Gerrit Cole returns to the Yankees dugout following the screening.<\/figcaption>
Charles Wenzelberg\/New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The same goes for Cole\u2019s actual pitching. With his four-seam fastball averaging 2,289 revolutions per minute, a drop of 245 from his average, and his slider down a nearly identical 243, the right-hander instead kept the ball on the ground, getting his infielders to team for 10 outs, and he still brought out the gas when necessary, concluding his night by getting Nicky Lopez to swing through a 98 mph fastball to strand Royals at first and second in the seventh.<\/p>\n