Gerrit Cole retired early against the Red Sox

BOSTON – In Gerrit Cole’s greatest moment as a Yankee, he failed to come out of the third inning.

The $ 324 million right-hander was bombed for two homers and walked two hitters in over two innings Tuesday night against the Red Sox in the AHL wildcard game at Fenway Park.

As Cole propelled the second batter on his 50th pitch of the night, putting runners in first and second without a strikeout in the third inning with the Yankees already down 3-0, manager Aaron Boone decided he had it. seen enough. He made the long walk to the mound and took the ball from Cole – seemingly stunning the crowd, who responded with cheers. Boone called Clay Holmes from the pen.

Holmes got out of trouble with a strikeout and double play to limit damage on Cole’s line.

Throwing himself on the soundtrack of the Boston crowd’s “Gerr-it” chants, Cole walked out with two strikeouts in the first inning and it came back to him when Xander Bogaerts crushed the change in the middle for a home. two-point run for central field.

Cole worked around a hard double from Kevin Plawecki in the second inning, but then yielded a 435-foot home run to Kyle Schwarber on a 97 mph fastball over the zone to lead the third inning. Kiké Hernandez then hit a single shot before Rafael Devers shot his second goal of the night, sending Cole to an early exit.

This marked the latest clunker for Cole, who threw at a 5.13 ERA in September. He left early on September 7 with hamstring strain, but insisted on Monday that everything was fine.