What duel? Yanks skip Darvish in favor of crumbling Cole
NEW YORK — Sunday was supposed to be a battle of the aces. It becomes nothing.
Gerrit Cole vs Padres Yu Darvish, positive It’s the Yankees’ bat going 7 in the series finale at Yankee Stadium as New York beat San Diego in the series. The Bombers hit a seven-run third inning to knock Darwish out and hand him his worst loss of the season.
in front of the biggest Bronx crowd of the season, and47,295 Fans in attendance The Yankees gave Kerr a big advantage early on during the holiday weekend rubber game. Their seven runs in the third inning matched their highest single-inning output of the season and tied for their fifth-inning breakout in May A’s debacle.
The Yankees had five straight hits in the third inning, including Including Kyle Dongang’s opening double and Anthony Volpe, Aaron Judge and Anthony Rizzo’s RBI singles. Only a brilliant catch by Padres center fielder Trent Grisham over the top of the wall, off DJ LeMahieu’s three-run homer, ended the period.
