CLEVELAND — It’s sort of a shame that, for how well Gerrit Cole pitched in a must-win American League Division Series Game 4 that the Yankees won 4–2, the most memorable image will be of his one mistake.
The score was 3–1 in the bottom of the fourth inning when Cole left a 97-mph four-seamer over the plate. Guardians designated hitter Josh Naylor mashed it 405 feet to right field for a solo home run. The ball had scarcely landed before Naylor began celebrating by pretending to rock a baby as he rounded first base. He briefly set the baby down around second, then picked it back up by third base, at which point he appeared to shout, toward the Cleveland dugout, “That’s my little f------ son!”
