After the Cubs had a great pitching performance on Friday night, it was the Yankees’ turn to have a terrific start Saturday afternoon. Gerrit Cole‘s outstanding effort was backed by a two-home run game from Giancarlo Stanton and New York was able to even the series.
Drew Smyly continued his recent struggles and gave up a tape-measure solo homer to Stanton in the bottom of the 1st inning. Josh Donaldson continued his dominance of the Cubs left-hander with his own home run in the 2nd, the fourth of his career against Smyly.