The Los Angeles Dodgers got the best of the New York Yankees in Game 1 of the World Series on Friday night.
However, Yankees star and former UCLA pitcher Gerrit Cole got the nod for Game 1. Cole delivered a big outing, going six innings and giving up just one run on four hits.
He threw 88 pitches and had four strikeouts in a big outing for the Yankees. Unfortunately, the Dodgers scored a run in the 8th inning to tie it, and then Freddie Freeman hit a walk-off grand slam to get the 6-3 win for the Dodgers.
Still, it was a terrific bounceback for Cole, who struggled in the ALCS against the Cleveland Guardians. In his lone outing against Cleveland, he went just 4.1 innings and gave up a pair of runs on six hits with four walks.
In Game 1 of the World Series, Cole didn’t walk anybody. As the series goes on, the hope for Cole and the Yankees is that he gets one more chance to start a game.
Game 2 is on Saturday night in LA.