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Gerrit Cole pitches complete game as Yankees split series with the Twins

The Yankees' ace was lights out against the Twins lineup.

Adam Uren

Gerrit Cole pitches complete game as Yankees split series with the Twins
Gerrit Cole pitches complete game as Yankees split series with the Twins /

Gerritt Cole pitched a complete game for the New York Yankees, with the Minnesota Twins mustering just two hits against the ace as the four-game series at Yankee Stadium was split.

The Twins lineup had no answers to Cole's masterful performance, which saw rack up 10 strikeouts across nine innings, giving up only a single walk and hits to Donovan Solano and Michael A. Taylor.

The Twins' Pablo Lopez was solid again, striking out seven batters across six innings, but two hits from DJ LeMahieu proved the difference between the teams.

Aaron Judge and Anthony Rizzo were on base when LeMahieu hit a single to right in the third inning, with both baserunners sent early, enabling Judge to make it home from second.

LeMahieu doubled the Yankees' lead in the 6th inning thanks to a "unicorn" homer to Yankee Stadium's short right porch, with Max Kepler just short of making a catch.

After taking a 2-0 lead in the series Wednesday and Thursday, the Twins dropped the second two and are now 10-6 for the season.

Next up for the Twins is a Monday rest day, followed by another road series, this time at the Boston Red Sox.

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Adam Uren
ADAM UREN

Raised on the Isle of Man, Adam has 15 years experience as a reporter and editor at regional and national level in the U.K. and the U.S. He moved to Minnesota in 2014 and became a writer for Bring Me The News. He is now the co-owner and editor of Bring Me The News and Bring Me The Sports, mixing in some occasional sports writing with his other editorial duties. He lists his three great loves as his family, Liverpool F.C. and baked beans (the British kind).

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