The big story coming into this game was the return of Aaron Judge. In the two months he’s been out with a toe injury, the Yankees’ offense has stagnated, often making it look like they were a one-man team that could only score with him in the lineup.
While Judge somewhat did his job in his first game back drawing a couple walks, this time it was their other star who made the Yankees look like a one-man team. In seven innings, Yankees’ ace Gerrit Cole allowed no runs on three hits with no walks and five strikeouts.