As New York, Pittsburgh Are Starting Three Game Series Tonight In Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Gerrit Cole Is Opposing His Former Team, Johan Oviedo
In the 2011 MLB Draft Gerrit Cole was picked, selected as the 1st overall pick by Pittsburgh out of UCLA!
On June 11, 2013 Gerrit Cole made his debut for Pittsburgh!
For Pittsburgh Gerrit Cole pitched, started for 5 seasons!
In 2013 Gerrit Cole finished with record of 10-7 with an earn run average of 3.22 . In 2014 Gerrit Cole finished with record of 11-5 with an earn run average of 3.65! In 2015 Gerrit Cole finished with a record of 19-8 with an earn run average of 2.60! In 2016 Gerrit Cole finished with a record of 7-10 with an earn run average of 3.88. In 2017 Gerrit Cole finished with a record of 12-12 with an earn run average of 4.26 before heading to Houston in a 5 player trade that included right handed pitchers Joe Musgrove , Michael Feliz , third baseman Colin Moran , outfielder Jason Martin.
Following Pittsburgh trading Gerrit Cole to Houston Gerrit Cole had this to say, Pittsburgh General Manager Neal Huntington had this to say!
I wouldn’t say it was a gut-punch , Cole told the paper, but I was shocked for sure . People come and go it’s part of the nature of the business . As for the Pirates they obviously believe what they’re getting in return is going to pay dividends in the future . They’re trying to compete . They feel this is the direction they need to go.
According to article by ESPN News Services”
Trading Gerrit Cole was not an easy decision . We are very appreciative for what Gerrit has done for our team and organization especially his important role on the 2013-2015 playoff teams,
In Houston Gerrit Cole would pitch, start two seasons in 2018, 2019 where he would finish with record of 15-5 with an earn run average of 2.88 in 2018. A record of 20-5 with an earn run average of 2.50 before signing a 9 year$ 324 million dollar deal with New York the team that wears the pinstripes in December 18, 2020
As New York the team that wears the pinstripes, Pittsburgh are starting three game series tonight in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Gerrit Cole is opposing his former team, Johan Oviedo.
Where?
On the mound!
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Ahead of Gerrit Cole opposing his former team, Johan Oviedo New York the team that wears the pinstripes starting pitcher Gerrit Cole discussed what it was going to be like to oppose his former team!
This is what he had to say!
I’m thrilled he said this week at Fenway Park when New York the team that wears the pinstripes, Boston were playing four game series . I’m just excited . I haven’t been on that mound in six years . It’s where I started it all so it’s going to be cool”
According to Greg Joyce article on nypost.com
Gerrit Cole, Johan Oviedo are alike because they’re both right handed starting pitchers!
Gerrit Cole comes into the game with record of 13-4 with an earn run average of 2.79 because on Sunday September 10, 2023 verses Milwaukee in Bronx New York Gerrit Cole pitched 7.0 innings surrendering 3 hits, 0 runs, 0 earned runs , 0 home runs, didn’t hit a batter, didn’t walk a batter struck out 9 batters.
Johan Oviedo comes into the game with record of 8-14 with an earn run average of 4.34 because on Saturday September 9, 2023 at Atlanta Johan Oviedo pitched 3.2 innings surrendering 9 hits, 3 runs , 3 earned runs, hit a batter , walked a batter and struckout 4 Atlanta batters.
According to mlb.com
Though, could mother nature prevent Gerrit Cole from opposing his former team from opposing Johan Oviedo as scheduled?
There is a possibility of that happening as as its partly cloudy with 47 % chance of rain at first pitch before it turns mostly cloudy with 43 % chance 30 minutes following first pitch before it continues to be cloudy and rain chance increase to 47% chance at 8:00pm before chances increase to 51% when the game is supposed to be over.
According to Accuweather app on ESPN App
New York the team that wears the pinstripes who is a member of the American League East comes into the game with record of 74-73 is fourth in the American League East 17.5 games back of Baltimore who is leading the American League East with record of 91-55. Tampa Bay who is second in the American League East with record of 91-57 is 1.0 games of Baltimore in the American League East is 7.5 games back in the Wild Card standings though New York the team that pinstripes split the doubleheader Thursday in Boston Massachusetts losing the first game of doubleheader 5-0 winning the second game of the doubleheader 8-5In game 1 of the doubleheader Thursday New York the team that wears the pinstripes was shutout offensively 5-0 by Boston pitching as Estevan Florial was 1-4 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in. Aaron Judge who is captain of New York of the team that wears the pinstripes was 0-4 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in. Gleyber Torres was 2-4 though he contributed offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in. Anthony Volpe was 0-3 contributing offensively 0 runs , 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in . Jake Bauers was 0-4 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in. Oswald Peraza was 2-4 though he contributed offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in. Oswaldo Cabrera was 1-2 though he contributed offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in. Everson Pereira was 0-4 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in.
In game 1 of the doubleheader New York the pinstripes offensively didn’t support Michael King who started who pitched 4.2 innings surrendering 6 hits, 1 earned run , 1 walk while striking out 8 batters. Greg Weissert who relieved Michael King pitched 2.1 innings surrendering 2 hits, 1 earned run while striking three Boston batters. Matt Bowman who relieved Greg Weissert who pitched 1.0 innings surrendering 2 hits, 3 earned runs , 1 walk while striking 1 Boston batter.
Following New York the team that wears the pinstripes 5-0 loss to Boston in game 1 of the doubleheader Thursday New York the team that wears the pinstripes manager Aaron Boone had this to say about Michael King who pitched 4.2 innings surrendering 6 hits, 1 earned run , 1 walk while striking out 8 Boston batters!
He had the strikeout ball going, which I think was indicative of his stuff,”I thought he was a little inconsistent sometimes. I thought he had some guys put away probably a few times, where he was 0-2, and let them back in the count a little bit. Overall, another solid performance; just not as efficient as maybe he would have liked.”
Following New York the team that wears the pinstripes 5-0 loss to Boston in game 1 of the doubleheader Thursday New York the team that wears the pinstripes starting Michael King who pitched 4.2 innings surrendering 6 hits, 1 earned run , 1 walk while striking 8 Boston had this to say!
“I’ve been feeling great,”It’s nice to be on my routine. I think that’s the main part of my body recovery that I feel like I missed out of the bullpen, when you’ve got to be up every day. In the rotation, you can have those days to recover, get a full bullpen in between starts and go out there.”
According to Bryan Hoch article on mlb.com
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New York the team that wears the pinstripes lost game 1 of the doubleheader 5-0 to Boston Thursday as they were shutout offensively New York the team that wears the pinstripes won game 2 of Doubleheader 8-5 as Oswald Peraza hit 2-run home run 403 feet to center scoring Estevan Florial in top of 9th inning . Before that happened Alex Verdugo grounded into fielders choice to first Ceddanne Rafaela scored on New York the team that wears the pinstripes shortstop Anthony Volpe’s throwing error giving Boston a 1-0 lead in bottom of 1st inning before Boston extended their lead 2-0 in bottom of 1st inning as Wilyer Abreu singled to left scoring scoring Alex Verdugo . In the top of 2nd inning New York the team that wears the pinstripes scored twice as DJ Leamahieu reached on infield single to Pablo Reyes scoring Estevan Florial advancing Oswaldo Cabrera to second base , Oswald Peraza to third base as court was in session as New York the team that wears the pinstripes captain Aaron Judge hit a grand slam to right 418 feet scoring Oswald Peraza , Oswaldo Cabrera, DJ Lemahieu giving New York the team that wears the pinstripes a 5-2 lead . Though, that lead would be brief as Boston would score once in the bottom of 3rd inning, once in the bottom of 5th inning once in the bottom of 7th inning as Rafael Devers would hit home run to right 382 feet cutting New York the team that wears the pinstripes lead to 5-3 before Luis Urias scored Triston Casas was safe at first on New York the team that wears the pinstripes shortstop Anthony Volpe’s second throwing error of the game advancing Alex Verdugo to second cutting New York the team that wears the pinstripes lead yet again. This time, by score of 5-4 before Boston tied up the game 5-5 as Triston Casas grounded out to Oswald Peraza. In top of 8th inning DJ Lemahieu doubled to left scoring Anthony Volpe advancing Oswaldo Cabrera to third base before Oswald Peraza homered to center 403 feet scoring Estevan Florial in top of 9th giving New York the team that wears the pinstripes 8-5 win in Game 2 of doubleheader.
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New York the team that wears the pinstripes offensively supported Clarke Schmidt who started who pitched 5.1 innings surrendering 7 hits, 3 earned runs , 3 walks while striking out 3 Boston batters. Zach McAllister who relieved Clarke Schmidt who pitched 0.2 innings surrendering surrendering 1 hit, 1 earned run while striking out 1 Boston batter. Wandy Peralta who relieved Zach McAllister who pitched 1.0 innings surrendering 1 hit, 0 earned runs , 0 walks while striking out 0 Boston batters. Tommy Kahnle who relieved Wandy Peralta who pitched 2.0 innings surrendering 0 hits, 0 earned runs , 1 walk while striking out 4 Boston batters.
Following New York the team that wears the pinstripes 8-5 win in game two of the doubleheader New York the team that wears the pinstripes manager Aaron Boone had this to say about the defense behind Clarke Schmidt who pitched 5.1 innings surrendering 7 hits, 3 earned runs, 3 walks while striking out 3 Boston batters. We didn’t play the cleanest behind him,” (Aaron Boone referring to rookie shortstop Anthony Volpe’s throwing errors)
Following New York the team that wears the pinstripes 8-5 win in game two of the doubleheader New York the team that wears the pinstripes captain, right fielder Aaron Judge who hit grand slam in the top of 2nd inning to center 418 feet scoring Oswald Peraza , Oswaldo Cabrera, DJ Lemahieu had this to say!
“It was big time,”“I had a couple of opportunities the past couple of days to get some runs in and hadn’t come through. I just got in a good count; that’s what the name of the game is. Get in a good count, get some good pitches to hit and hopefully you don’t miss them.”
Following New York the team that wears the pinstripes 8-5 win in game two of the doubleheader New York the team that wears the pinstripes first baseman, third baseman DJ Lemahieu who doubled to left scoring Anthony Volpe advancing Oswald Cabrera to third base giving New York the team that wears the pinstripes a 6-5 lead in top of 8th inning had this to say about captain, right fielder Aaron Judge grand slam that scored Oswald Peraza, Oswaldo Cabrera, himself!
Classic Judgie swing right there. He got a fastball he could handle and hammered it. I just thought our at-bats overall were really good tonight.”
Following New York the team that wears the pinstripes 8-5 win in game two of the doubleheader New York the team that wears the pinstripes starting pitcher Clarke Schmidt who pitched 5.1 innings surrendering 7 hits, 3 earned runs , 3 walks while striking out 3 Boston batters had this to say about Aaron Judge who is captain, right fielder of New York the team that wears the pinstripes grand slam to center 418 feet in top of 2nd inning scoring Oswald Peraza, Oswaldo Cabrera, DJ Lemahieu!
I thanked him after; I felt like we got one back,”There was a lot of energy in the dugout throughout the game. We felt like we were going to score a lot of runs today, and that’s what happened.”
According to Bryan Hoch article on mlb.com
Pittsburgh unlike New York the team that wears the pinstripes is a member of the National League Central comes into the game with record of 69-78 is fourth in the National League Central is 13.5 games behind Milwaukee who is leading the American League Central with of 82-64 is 6.5 games back in the Wild Card standings though they won their only game Thursday 2-0 over the Washington who unlike them is a member of the NL East as Jack Suwinski homered to right 366 feet giving Pittsburgh a 1-0 lead before they extended their lead to 2-0 as Alfonso Rivas homered to center 411 feet.
Jack Suwinski, Alfonso Rivas home runs offensively supported Mitch Keller who pitched 8.0 innings surrendering 2 hits, 0 earned runs , 1 walk while striking out 7 Washington batters. David Bednar who relieved Mitch Keller who pitched 1.0 innings surrendering , 0 hits, 0 earned runs, 0 walks while striking out 0 batters.
According to espnapp
Following Pittsburgh winning 2-0 shutting out Washington offensively Pittsburgh starting pitcher Mitch Keller who pitched 8.0 innings surrendering 2 hits, 0 earned runs , 1 walk while striking out 7 Washington batters had this to say!
Just being able to grow and know where we’re at with what we’ve used in the games, what we’ve used in previous at-bats and just keep going with it,”That’s just a thing that me, [pitching coach] Oscar [Marin], [game planning and strategy coach] Radley [Haddad], [Delay] and Endy [Rodríguez], we’ve all kind of grown in that aspect -- talking in the dugout about what we’ve used in the first couple of at-bats and what we can use later in the at-bats, too. It is tough seeing hitters three or four times, so you have to get creative and really execute.”
Following Pittsburgh winning 2-0 shutting out Washington offensively Pittsburgh manager Derek Shelton had this to say about Mitch Keller’s start where he pitched 8.0 innings surrendering 2 hits, 0 earned runs , 1 walk while striking out 7 Washington batters!
As much as the first seven [innings] were really important, in my mind … the eighth inning was [as] important,”
[I told him], ‘You were at the end of your rope. Didn’t feel like you had a ton left … and you had a 1-2-3 inning on Sept. 14.’ That's important for moving forward, so that’s what really stood out to me.”
According to Justice delos Santos article on mlb.com
First pitch is set for 6:35pm from PNC Park!
The game is going to be televised on Yes, ATT SportsNET-PIT, Major League Baseball Network!