Death, taxes and Rafael Devers owning Gerrit Cole.
The one-way battle between the New York Yankees ace and the Boston Red Sox star continued to favor the latter on Saturday afternoon.
In the top of the fifth inning, Cole laid a 96 mph fastball right down the middle. Devers wasted no time parking it into the bleachers behind the Yankees bullpen.
Devers had a pretty excessive celebration, which likely came in response to Alex Verdugo's home run celebration earlier in the game.
Cole was not a fan.
Rafael Devers PIMPED his home run and Gerrit Cole did not like it pic.twitter.com/ymPGvNx5e8
— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) July 6, 2024
Gerrit Cole did not seem to appreciate Rafael Devers' bat flip.pic.twitter.com/obQBzTAw3U
— Codify (@CodifyBaseball) July 6, 2024
Here was Verdugo's home run, which tied the game at three in the bottom of the third inning.
Alex Verdugo took a solid 10 seconds to get to first base pic.twitter.com/gRvHQMePH7
— Talkin' Yanks (@TalkinYanks) July 6, 2024
Against Cole, Devers is now 13-for-39 (.333) with eight home runs and an unbelievable 2.218 OPS.
