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June 10, 2021
Round 1 goes to Gerrit Cole.
In his first appearance since Josh Donaldson had some choice words about the Yankees ace — adding a thinly veiled accusation about him using sticky substances for grip on a ball — Cole sat down Donaldson three times in New York's 9-6 victory on Wedensday.
Cole definitely got the better of Donaldson: He struck out the Twins' third basemen twice, retiring him three times in six innings of two-run ball. Cole, under the watchful eye of umpires and Baseball atlanta braves jersey 40 Twitter, had a Cole-like performance, giving up just two solo home runs on the night, p atlanta braves jersey res airing with nine strikeouts of the TwinsYadier Molina lineup.
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The first K of Donaldson:
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- 98 mph fastball, foul tipped
- 87 mph slider, ball
- 100 mph fastball, foul ball
- 86 mph curveball, swinging strikMookie Betts e
Cole followed up his strikeout of Donaldson with an icy stare of him. Donaldson didn't notice on his walk back to the dugout.
Cole wasn't done with Donaldson, though: He followed up his first strikeout with an equally dominant second K:
- 98 mph fastball, ball
- 90 mph slider, ball
- 99 mph fastball, called strike
- 100 mph atlanta braves jersey men 3xl fastbaClayton Kershaw ll, foul ball
- 90 mph changeup, swinging strike
And to make matters worse for Donaldson, Cole got Donaldson to fly out on his last appearance on the night, in Cole's last inning of work:
StanceWas Cole using some kind of sticky stuff to increase spin rates? Maybe. And even ifMLB Sweatshirts| he was, he isn't the first — nor will he be the last — pitcher in baseball to turn to foreign substances for some kind of advantage vs. hitters. It's a tale as old as baseball time, even if the sport tries cracking down on the usage.
Cole, after all, had an awkward press conference during which he dodged the question of whether he's used Spider Tack, the substance which is all the rage and the topic of conversation in baseball right now.
One thing's for sure, though: Maybe Donaldson should think twice before naming names again.