Charlie Morton and Gerrit Cole are good buddies, so it’s understandable if both guys felt it was a little bittersweet having to face each other in their first start of the season Friday.
But once you get between the lines, all the emotion and sentiment tends to fade pretty quickly. Charlie Morton struck out George Springer and had a 1-2-3 first inning against his former team. Gerrit Cole followed suit, notching consecutive strikeouts in the bottom half to start his season and then shattered Ji-Man Choi’s bat for a 1-2-3 inning of his own.
OK, Game On.