Yankees’ Gerrit Cole dominates Red Sox to earn 20th consecutive winning decision

Friday evening at Yankee Stadium, Gerrit Cole designed his 1st ever get started versus the Boston Pink Sox as a member of the New York Yankees. Cole was as advertised in his introduction to the rivalry, holding Boston to one operate in 7 innings. He struck out eight.

“Finest pitcher in the match, and that is what you happen to be looking at,” manager Aaron Boone instructed reporters, like ESPN’s Marly Rivera, following Friday’s match. 

Friday’s earn (NYY 10, BOS three) improved Cole to four- with a 2.seventy six Era through five begins this time. The earn also prolonged his private winning streak to twenty straight decisions. Cole has not missing a common time match given that last May possibly, when he was with the Astros.

The twenty-match winning streak is tied for the 3rd longest in baseball heritage in accordance to Sure Network researcher James Smyth:

1. Carl Hubbell, 1936-37 Giants: 24 straight winning decisions
2. Roy Experience, 1958-59 Pirates: 22
3. Gerrit Cole, 2019 Astros to 2020 Yankees: twenty
4. Jake Arrieta, 2015-16 Cubs: twenty
5. Roger Clemens, 1998 Blue Jays to 1999 Yankees: twenty
6. Rube Marquard, 1911-12 Giants: twenty

Cole’s groups are 25-2 in his last 27 common time begins and he has a 1.ninety four Era and .82 FIP in all those 27 begins. It really should be famous he did consider a decline last postseason — Cole and the Astros dropped Recreation 2 of the Entire world Collection to the Nationals — so this streak addresses common time games only.

The Yankees are in 1st position in the AL East at 13-6 following Friday’s earn. The Pink Sox, in the meantime, have the worst history in the American League at 6-fourteen.