Gerrit Cole kept the Red Sox’ offense in check as the bottom half of the Yankees’ order provided some pop, all as New York downed Boston, 10-3, to open a four-game set on Friday night.
Coming off a start in Tampa where he dominated, but could not go deep, Cole bounced back in a big way, giving up only one run on four hits in seven innings, striking out eight and walking none. Keeping hitters off-balance all night, Cole’s fastball sat around 95-97 mph for most of the game, his only mistake coming on a 1-1 curveball that Alex Verdugo deposited in the upper deck in right field.