Gerrit Cole could never have anticipated the twists and turns of his first season with the Yankees, but this brand of challenge was exactly what the ace envisioned when he slipped on a pinstriped jersey for the first time and remarked that “pressure is a privilege.” Saying that he loved the stakes of a heavyweight pitching matchup, Cole bested Shane Bieber, the American League’s likely Cy Young Award winner. Backed by some old-school thump, Cole and the Yankees defeated the Indians, 12-3, in Game 1 of the AL Wild Card Series on Tuesday evening at Progressive Field.
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