Blanks Guardians for fifth win Cole (5-2) earned the win Thursday, allowing one hit while walking five over six scoreless frames against the Guardians. He struck out two. Impact Cole allowed a leadoff single to Steven Kwan that represented the only hit of the game for the Guardians. However, Cole battled his command all day, tossing just 55 strikes over 95 pitches while walking five batters and only striking out two. He did match a season high by completing six frames and collected just his third quality start of the season. Cole entered the game having allowed just one run and striking out 18 over 11.1 innings over his last two appearances, so while the opportunity for more was available Thursday, he still leaves the outing with two wins, 20 strikeouts and a 0.52 ERA over his last 17.1 innings. He's next slated to take the hill when the Yankees travel to Washington to take on the Nationals.
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