BALTIMORE – New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole had a dominating start go awry during a nightmarish sixth inning against the Baltimore Orioles, who got a slump-breaking homer from DJ Stewart before tacking on four unearned runs in a 6-1 victory Saturday night.Cole (4-3) lost a third straight start for the first time since July 30-Aug.
10, 2018, with Houston. Prior to this skid, the right-hander had reeled off 20 straight regular-season victories.Cole struck out eight of the first nine batters he faced, the exception a grounder to shortstop by Ryan Mountcastle.
The only Oriole to reach over the first five innings was José Iglesias, who doubled to left-center on an 0-2 pitch with two outs in the fourth.But the Yankees couldn't mount any offense.