Bad Boy Halo 2024-06-26 Bad Boy Halo - Last update images today Bad Boy Halo Reynolds Extends Hit Streak To 22 Games With A 2-run Homer And Pirates Beat Reds 9-5 NEW YORK -- Gerrit Cole's first start of the 2024 season went about as well as he and the Yankees could have hoped last week. His second outing Tuesday night against the Mets didn't. Cole was blasted over four innings, yielding six runs on seven hits in the Yankees' 9-7 loss at Citi Field. He gave up four home runs, walked four and didn't record a strikeout. It was the second time Cole didn't register a strikeout in his career and the second time he allowed at least four home runs. "Just disappointing," Cole said. "Didn't really give us a good chance to win tonight. Didn't execute enough pitches. Just kind of dug us a hole." Two positives offered a silver lining: Cole threw 72 pitches, more than in any of his three rehab starts in the minors or his season debut, and the right-hander said he was healthy despite his fastball velocity decreasing after the first inning. Cole's fastball was 97 to 99 mph for the first time in 2024 in that first frame, an encouraging burst three months removed from being shut down with nerve irritation and edema in his right elbow. His first fastball in the second inning, however, was a 91.5 mph offering that Mark Vientos cracked for a home run. Cole didn't throw a pitch harder than 95.5 mph for the remainder of his outing. After the game, Cole insisted the drop-off was by design and that he was healthy. He explained he intentionally dialed back the velocity after issuing three walks and throwing 28 pitches as the Mets jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first inning because he believed the strategy would give him the best chance to work efficiently and avoid an early exit with a 75-pitch limit. "It's a bit like driving a car," Cole, 33, said. "Too much clutch or too little clutch can slip you out of gear a little bit. So, obviously, it came out really tremendous in the first and had to make a lot of pitches. But the reality is we just weren't in the strike zone enough. The objective is to try to get as deep in the ballgame as you can." Cole issued just one walk over his final three innings, but he couldn't put hitters away. He induced just five whiffs while the Mets fouled off 11 pitches. Six balls hit into play traveled at least 101.5 mph. Vientos barreled two of those hard-hit balls for home runs -- both on fastballs after Cole said he chose to shave velocity off the pitch. "He's still working back," Yankees center fielder Aaron Judge said. "That's our ace. That's our guy. And I want him out there every single five days. Games like this happen, and you just got to move on and learn from it. He'll be fine." Cole is slated to next pitch Sunday in Toronto against the Blue Jays, barring a change to the Yankees' rotation. "My execution was poor, so I never really gave myself a chance to learn anything," Cole said. "To get a foul ball or to get a mishit, it ended up in damage. This league is really hard. I certainly had the stuff tonight to give us a chance, and I just pitched poorly." 17 BadBoyHalo 1200x834 D7baa3df4273cac307735e64c9a912a94d6724a4 Bad Boy Halo 2024 X 1316 N4xbcfrd13xvdkrk 63b3281df8f7a393a7419bb169ed9745 2dedc 16288323325173 800 E967db92f6b4cf3327d498038b59c607 554959d9b84213406f4e585636b1026d 5628072 Skeppy And Badboyhalo Astro Not Kimg5922 2 ?1667178751 875c21bb14435ef7ee3b308451ba2a78 Maxresdefault 9b933ffbe82ec7d791fa28f3a654ff5f Skin 20130816071818140729both ?v100 Bg,f8f8f8 Flat,750x,075,f Pad,750x1000,f8f8f8 296c770d45d19a71f4732fde80da5b7157775ac4 BadBoyHalo ?v=8 Thibiy2mssm71 ?width=640&height=995&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=a51f72f2e6ee9d8784f642c97ae548093d794c42 Badboyhalo Image Flat,750x,075,f Pad,750x1000,f8f8f8 Fmj7o5emmct61 ?auto=webp&s=c0a0a9f4d980a06b48f98b73a5c6b14a334883e8 Badboyhalo 1 Maxres2 ?sqp= OaymwEoCIAKENAF8quKqQMcGADwAQH4AbYIgAKmDYoCDAgAEAEYfyATKBYwDw==&rs=AOn4CLDMQl KDks1kJw7Q8q3JmiYt2z7qw D7em9az0i3271 9b066b00bb35730b73df1bbda711b8c4 TRDaoUxiYkeAVE6muNGvUq2Awi4 GYnHkEYIj3nDa34 ?auto=webp&s=8ebd47627d99c929d30d0b57a733431d8b63e7d3 71B7SZtP0XL. AC UL1500 0f33ee62444ea524059651595c23ca5e Badboy Halo E1574320362313 Hqdefault ECD81HMVUAE6qcz Hqdefault C2277621 Ce23 4f16 B75e 1d12ef23b617 Profile Image 300x300 79e194aa4832cd29f3ebc0a965543546 V3nq73ejga161 ?width=5000&format=png&auto=webp&s=a0f1f5275aecadd8e1ae85619af16228fa78f049