His other complete game this year was a two-hit shutout of Minnesota on April 16. Making his 300th start, Cole pitched his fifth career shutout and eighth complete game. The Blue Jays (87-71) are in position for the second AL wild card, a half-game ahead of Houston (87-72) and two games in front of Seattle (85-73). Toronto was shut out by the Yankees for the second straight night. “He’s the benchmark for what an ace is supposed to be like on and off the field.” “This is Gerrit Cole’s era, that’s for sure,” Judge said. Gray needs to pitch 12 scoreless innings to lower his ERA below Cole’s.Ĭole also leads the AL in innings (209), opponents batting average (.206) and WHIP (0.98). Minnesota’s Sonny Gray is second at 2.80 and is scheduled to make his final regular-season start Thursday. “That was the cherry on top to an incredible season out of him,” Judge said.īidding for his first Cy Young, Cole lowered his AL-leading ERA to 2.63. He finished his season with 222 strikeouts in 209 innings. “Knowing that this is back-to-back outings against a club that’s fighting for a playoff position and obviously a formidable offense with a lot of All-Stars, I wasn’t going to come in here and not be on it,” he said.Ĭole struck out five and walked none, throwing 72 of 105 pitches for strikes. Pitching his second straight game against Toronto, Cole said he treated the pair of starts “like a little playoff situation” to give himself extra energy.

Just fun to watch him go do that and absolutely put an exclamation point on the Cy Young Award with that performance.” “I think it embodied his season right there. “That’s just a clinic in pitching,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said.

TORONTO - Gerrit Cole pitched a two-hitter to near his second AL ERA title, Aaron Judge homered twice and the New York Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-0 on Wednesday night to ensure they won’t finish with a losing record.Ĭole (15-4) faced two batters over minimum, allowing a single and double to Brandon Belt.

Cole pitches 2-hitter to near ERA title, Judge homers twice and Yankees beat Blue Jays 6-0

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