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A bases-loaded walk...the MLB Yankees' choice to call it a walk.[edytuj]
With the bases loaded in the top of the fourth inning, New York Yankees starting pitcher Gerrit Cole held up four fingers and pointed toward first base.
It was meant to signify that he was going to throw Boston Red Sox batter Rafael Devers out on a 'high intent' pitch.
Cole's decision to walk Devers with the bases loaded proved to be the game-changer.
Cole, who started the 2024 MLB Baseball World Series (MLB) home game against Boston at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York, USA, had a no-hitter until the top of the fourth inning.
But when Devers, who was batting .333 (13-for-39) with eight home runs, stepped to the plate, Cole opted to walk instead of throwing a pitch.
This is highly unusual for a pitcher to do with no runners on base.
According to MLB.com, “The call was the first time a Yankees pitcher has ever called a wild pitch in the fourth inning with no runners on base. The previous record for the earliest pitch with no runners on in a game was the sixth inning by Roy Sherrid in 1930 and Fritz Peterson in 1970.”
After Devers stole second base on the questionable call, Cole gave up a walk to Tyler O'Neill to put runners on first and second, then gave up an RBI double to Masataka Yoshida and an RBI single to Wilier Abreu to make it a 1-2 game.
Cole then fought off a bases-loaded walk in the top of the fifth inning and hit a two-run single to center field.
Cole suffered his fifth loss of the season (6-6), allowing seven runs on five hits in 4 1/3 innings. The Yankees fell to 1-7.
“I talked to my coaches before the game and said, 'It's a good strategy to try to get Devers out with a high fastball,'” Cole told MLB.com and other local media outlets after the game, ”but in that situation in the fourth inning, it was a mistake. I regret it,” he said.
“In the fourth inning, we were up 1-0, and I wanted Cole to go toe-to-toe with Devers, but I didn't communicate my thoughts to him clearly enough,” said manager Aaron Boone.
Yankees catcher Austin Wells admitted, “I had no idea that Cole and the coaching staff had discussed the intentional walk.” “I was surprised when he signed the intentional walk,” he said.
Devers, who walked off the field, was also surprised.
“I didn't think Cole, a Hall of Famer, would pick me with no runners on base. I was surprised, and I think he was surprised,” Devers said.
“For the high-pitch strategy to work, I had to throw well afterward,” Cole said. It was a combination of the high-pitched pitch and my follow-through,” he reflected.
However, Cole emphasized that his first inning pitch to Devers was a “mistake.
Boston manager Alex Cora said, “He wasn't trying to hit Devers. His four intentional walks indicate that the first pitch was 'intentional.
“I'm not a pitcher who intentionally hits hitters, as much as he would like to believe,” Cole countered. 메이저사이트