The New York Yankees kicked off their 2022 postseason Tuesday night with a 5-3 victory at home over the Cleveland Guardians.
Their ace, Gerrit Cole, led the way by giving up just one run in 6 1/3 innings and he racked up 8 strike outs while being fully in control of all of his pitches.
While we’ve seen pitchers throwing serious heat all over the place this season, some of Cole’s most impressive pitches didn’t top 85 mph and still had Cleveland hitters looking silly.
Cole’s knuckle curveballs were absolutely beautiful in Game 1. Let’s take a look at a few of them for proof of that and also because these are really fun to watch.