Yankees’ Gerrit Cole fumes after Blue Jays pitcher Alek Manoah hits Aaron Decide with pitch

New York Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole had an issue with Toronto Blue Jays starter Alek Manoah throughout Sunday’s sport.

Manoah hit Yankees slugger Aaron Decide with a pitch within the backside of the fifth inning. Manoah’s pitch went up and in on Decide and hit the outfielder within the left arm. Decide was strolling right down to first base when Cole popped out of the dugout and began to bark at Manoah.

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Cole seemed to be urging the umpire to toss Manoah out of the sport for the hit-by-pitch. Some Blue Jays gamers got here out of the dugout as properly simply in case issues escalated.

Cooler heads appeared to prevail within the little back-and-forth. The Yankees had been main 2-1 at that time.

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Manoah, an All-Star for the primary time in his profession this season, got here into the sport towards the Yankees with 579 batters confronted in 23 begins. He has hit a league-leading 12 batters. He led the league in hit batters final season as properly with 16 out of 459 batters confronted. He had a 2.71 ERA earlier than Sunday.

The Blue Jays had been on the lookout for a sweep of the Yankees.

Cole was tagged for 4 runs on 5 hits in six innings towards the Blue Jays on Saturday.

Regardless of solely permitting two runs in his two earlier begins earlier than this season, New York managed to lose these video games. The Yankees haven’t received in a sport Cole began since July 29 towards the Kansas Metropolis Royals. Cole hasn’t picked up a choice victory since July 17 towards the Boston Purple Sox.

He has a 3.41 ERA and 189 strikeouts in 25 begins.

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