And as usual, Gerrit Cole exceeded them for the Yankees. The Yankees won their third straight in the four-game series after stumbling into Progressive Field with the AL’s worst record. Two of the game’s premiere right-handers, Cole and Bieber traded pitch for pitch, strike for strike and strikeout for strikeout over seven innings. Boone didn’t detect any extra fire in Cole even though he was facing Bieber. STANTON’S SCREAMERSThe two homers hit by Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton on Friday had respective exit velocities of 118 mph and 115.7 mph.

Source: thestar April 25, 2021 01:29 UTC