{"id":10640,"date":"2024-10-11T08:09:13","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T08:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=10640"},"modified":"2024-10-11T08:17:23","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T08:17:23","slug":"fired-up-gerrit-cole-was-ace-in-the-hole-yankees-needed-in-clincher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=10640","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Fired up\u2019 Gerrit Cole was ace in the hole Yankees needed in clincher"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gerrit Cole pitched like an ace again and now the Yankees are going back to the ALCS.<\/p>\n

But he didn\u2019t do it without a bit of drama, giving up a long Kyle Isbel fly ball to the fence in right field with two outs in the seventh that was just feet away from being a game-tying homer at Kauffman Stadium.<\/p>\n

Juan Soto was able to haul it in to get out of the inning, and the\u00a0Yankees went on to a 3-1 series-clinching win\u00a0over Kansas City in Game 4 of the ALDS.<\/p>\n

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Gerrit Cole delivered a gem for the Yankees on Thursday in ALDS Game 4.Jason Szenes \/ New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Aaron Boone admitted \u201cmy heart skipped a beat\u201d on Isbel\u2019s drive to the fence.<\/p>\n

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Cole let out a scream\u00a0as he walked toward the dugout after it was over.<\/p>\n