August 22, 2024; Bronx, New York, USA; New York Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole (45) pitches during the first inning against the Cleveland Defenders at Yankee Stadium. Mandatory Credit: John Jones-USA TODAY Sports Yankees right-hander Gerrit Cole looks to cap an impressive August when New York takes on the Washington Nationals on Tuesday night in New York.
Cole (5-2, 3.72 ERA) is 2-0 with a 1.17 ERA in four starts this month. He allowed 17 hits and nine walks in 23 innings, but limited the damage thanks to 24 strikeouts. New York went 3-1 against him.
In his last game, Thursday, Cole pitched six scoreless innings against the Cleveland Defenders in a 6-0 win. The 33-year-old veteran gave up one hit, walked five and struck out two while earning his 150th career win.
“He looks great, I think he's feeling good the last couple starts,” teammate Giancarlo Stanton said of Cole, who missed the first 2-1 of the season with a throwing elbow issue. /2 months.
Cole went 4-2 with a 2.79 ERA in seven games against the Nationals.
His mound opponent on Tuesday will be Washington veteran Patrick Corbin (3-12, 5.73 ERA).
Corbin celebrated a milestone in his final game when he defeated the Colorado Rockies to earn his 100th career win. In six innings on Thursday, he allowed one run on four hits, walked one and struck out a season-high eight, one of his best starts of the season.
The left-hander went 14-7 with a 3.25 ERA for Washington in 2019 and was the winning pitcher in Game 7 of the World Series. Since then, he has gone 30-69 with a 5.64 ERA and is expiring on a six-year, $140 million contract.
“What I can say about Patrick is, he's very competitive,” Nationals head coach Dave Martinez said. “He goes out there every five days, gets the ball, and gives us 110 pitches if we ask him to. He's awesome.”
Corbin has a 1-0 record with a 2.84 ERA in four career starts against the Yankees.
New York's Aaron Judge didn't add to his season total of 51 home runs on Monday night. In fact, the trio of Judge, Juan Soto and Stanton combined to go 1-for-13 with two walks. Judge had one hit, his 1,000th career hit, on a single in the ninth inning.
But it didn't matter as the rest of the lineup picked up the slack in New York's 5-2 win. Gleyber Torres, Austin Wells and Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit home runs for the Yankees, who won five of six games. Anthony Volpe and Alex Verdugo each had three hits.
Judge, who had the game-winning hit in center field, robbed Andres Chaparro of a potential two-run home run off the bat of Andres Chaparro to turn the game into a doubleheader. .
“I call (the robbery) his 52nd home run of the year,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “He's really good at that. One night they left him on the field and he got a ball back from the other side. It just reminded us that there are a lot of other things he does well.”
Washington rookie Dylan Crews made his major league debut in the loss. The 22-year-old outfielder went 0-for-3 on base.
“Playing against the Yankees, playing against Judge and Soto for the first time, that was a very surreal moment,” Crews said. “Obviously, it's great to play with my new team now, the Nationals. I'll go out there on Tuesday and get a fresh start.”
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