Gerrit Cole has famously not dealt well with interruptions, but that was not the case during his gem on Friday night.
BALTIMORE — Gerrit Cole has famously not dealt well with interruptions.
Cole withstood a two-hour, 32-minute rain delay that surely messed with his routine before he twirled seven scoreless innings in the“Man, he’s been so good,” manager Aaron Boone said after Cole bulled his way through the powerful Orioles’ lineup on a season-high 110 pitches and allowed just three base runners, all on singles.
The biggest obstacle was the long delay to begin the game, when Cole needed to keep his arm fresh and ready for whenever the rain ceased. A scheduled 7:05 p.m. first pitch instead was thrown at 9:37 p.m. Cole sailed through the Baltimore order and did not allow a runner to reach second base until the sixth when Ramon Urias singled and advanced on a ground out with two outs. Cole then got Anthony Santander to ground out to end the inning as he traded scoreless frames with young Orioles stud Grayson Rodriguez.After he had thrown 95 pitches, Cole took the mound for the bottom of the seventh in a scoreless game.
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