 pitch breakdown for Garrett Cole tonight 75 total pitches over the five innings and a split jack between the four seamers and the sliders did it feel like those are maybe the only two pitches he trusted or felt comfortable with tonight I think those were the pitches he felt comfortable with Bob there was one point where he threw 11 straight sliders now is there a possibility within this pitch tracking that one of them was read as a slider and it was a curveball that's possible but through his curveball 15 percent of the time last year and he threw his change up 7 percent of the time so if you're going to shed a pitch or two those are the ones you're going to shed and you're going to go with your four seamer you're going to go with your slider you've already heard John Flierty detail that his fastball command wasn't exactly where it needed to be but again I applaud Cole for grinding his way through this start when he was falling behind in a lot of counts and had to make a lot of big pitches I'll make my second Andy Petit reference of the show that's what Andy Petit was known for get into a 2-1 count or a 3-1 count but still figure out a way to get that guy out and figure out a way to do it with a lead you just have to hold serve right and get through that time knowing that whether the rain comes or whether maybe you're out of there in the fifth or sixth inning and he probably could have gone into the sixth there at just 75 pitches you've got to keep the game where it is whatever you have to do yeah I think he would have come out for the sixth if there hadn't been any weather and he actually finished with a flourish Bob yes it was against the bottom of the order but I mean the last two batters that he faced were strikeouts because they were guys that I think he knew that he could attack he trusted his fastball against those batters there were some batters in the middle of the order for the Nats he didn't want to throw his fastball I mentioned how he had a streak of 11 straight sliders just didn't want to throw the fastball in those situations but this is why he's such a smart pitcher he knows his pitches better than anyone else he knows what's working for him on that given night and he's going to use that to get the kind of results he got tonight having had numerous conversations with him what do you think this means to him first start as a Yankee wearing the road grays getting the win yeah yesterday when he did a zoom call he said I'm stoked I haven't been able to sleep I'm thinking about this game so much so Bob I think that it means a lot to him to win but I also know that Garrett Cole is a big picture guy he's not thinking I got this win I'm so excited let's celebrate he's already thinking about okay what didn't work well for me tonight what do Gary and I and pincer coach Matt Blake need to work on between starts how do I get better for the next time out because he's thinking about helping the Yankees win a title and his first step toward that tonight was a positive one