Empire Sports Media · Jul 24, 2020
Yankees’ teammates react to Gerrit Cole’s debut: “Impressive”
Besides the rain delay that prevented us from seeing a full baseball game, everything went smoothly for the New York Yankees on Thursday. They won at Washington on Opening Day, versus Max Scherzer, no less. Giancarlo Stanton was the first designated hitter on a National League park, and he mashed a moonshot to left center. And Gerrit Cole pitched a complete game (hey, it counts!) and only allowed an Adam Eaton homer.
All in all, Cole threw five innings of only one hit and one run. “It was a special moment that I don’t know that he’ll ever forget and a lot of us won’t either,” Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge said, per NJ.com.