


Gerrit Cole pitched through the cold for a second straight start with excellent results, with another stellar start in a 4-2 win over the Phillies on Wednesday in The Bronx, as the Yankees closed out their season-opening homestand with four wins in six games.
He was aided by Gleyber Torres, off to a solid start at the plate and knocked in the Yankees’ first two runs and Jose Trevino, who drilled a two-run shot in the seventh.
Cole ended up allowing one run over 6 ⅓ innings to Philadelphia, which has lost five of its first six games after reaching the World Series last year.
The Yankees took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first, thanks to Torres.
Aaron Judge singled to left with one out and stole second before Torres drove him in with a base hit.
Torres was then caught stealing to end the inning.
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Cole pitched around a two-out double by Bryson Stott in the second and picked off Trea Turner at first to end the top of the third.
Darick Hall hit a ball off the wall in right with two outs in the fourth and tried to stretch it into a double, but Franchy Cordero got to it quickly and Anthony Volpe made an excellent catch and grab to get the lunging Hall.
Cole ran into trouble in the top of the fifth, when he walked two straight batters with two outs.
Following a visit from pitching coach Matt Blake, Cole got Crisitan Pache to pop out to Jose Trevino in foul territory.
Phillies hitting coach Kevin Long was tossed in the fifth after a called strike to Jake Cave, one of many calls the Phillies questioned from home plate umpire Nic Lentz.
Torres added to the Yankees’ lead in the bottom of the sixth.
DJ LeMahieu opened the inning with a double to left-center.
Judge then lined to center and Anthony Rizzo popped to short before Torres delivered a two-out single to center to make it 2-0.
Cole left with one out in the seventh after walking Nick Castellanos, with the final ball coming on a pitch clock violation.
Jonathan Loaisiga then gave up a single to Bryson Stott and drilled Alec Bohn with the next pitch to load the bases.
Cave followed with a sacrifice fly to deep left to cut the Yankees’ lead to 2-1 before pinch-hitter Josh Harrison grounded to third, where Isiah Kiner-Falefa, who replaced the injured Josh Donaldson, made the play.
Trevino gave the Yankees some breathing room with one out in the bottom of the inning by turning on an 0-2 pitch from Gregory Soto and sending it into the left field seats for his first homer of the season.
The Phillies got another run when Loaisiga allowed a one-out homer to Kyle Schwarber in the eighth and the Yankees wasted Torres’ leadoff double in the bottom of the inning.
Clay Holmes got the save with a perfect ninth.