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There’s nothing like the Minnesota Twins to make the Yankees feel good about themselves.
And there’s nothing like Gerrit Cole on the mound to help snap a losing skid.
After a 53-minute weather delay Friday night in The Bronx, Yankees manager Aaron Boone wanted to pull Cole before the fifth inning, but the pitcher wasn’t having it.
“Yeah, he was definitely taking me out, and I definitely wasn’t coming out,” Cole told reporters after the Yankees snapped a seven-game skid with a 5-2 thanks to five innings, seven strikeouts and no walks from Cole.
The offense was triggered by home runs by Trent Grisham in his first game back off the injured list and by a struggling Ben Rice.
What did Cole say to Boone?
“I said, ‘I would like to stay in please,” Cole said with a wry smile.
Did he really say please?
“No. It was implied,” he said.
After losing seven in a row to the Red Sox and Tigers, the Yankees get the Twins, a team they have feasted on for more than two decades.
Since 2002, the Yankees are now 128-46 (.736) against Minnesota, including the postseason.
“Screw coming back [from injury], man. I mean, we’re in a rut and we needed this win today,” Cole said. “You gotta do hard stuff in this league sometimes. Sometimes it’s not fun to sit around for an hour and 20 minutes throwing bullpens.
“But this is what was needed. We needed a little bit more tonight and thankfully we got it done.”
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Asked how he navigated the 53-minute delay, Cole said he threw “four ups” of “8-15 pitches” every 10 minutes.
“It feels good in here, it feels good, ”he said of the win. “But it’s the big leagues. man, hot one [Saturday]. Quick turnaound and you gotta prove it again.”
Brendan Beck is expected to be the opener for the Yankees Saturday. He went 7-2 with a 3.58 ERA in 88 innings in Triple-A this season.
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