Rafael Devers tseem tuav Gerrit Cole hauv Red Sox-Yankees kev sib tw.

Nws zoo nkaus li tsim nyog Gerrit Cole thawj zaug poob tshwm sim thawj zaug nws tau ntsib Rafael Devers.

Txawm hais tias Cole ua tau zoo npaum li cas los yog Devers yuav tawm tsam li cas, cov lus piav qhia nyob rau hauv cov ntsiab lus ntawm Yankees Red Sox-Yankees kev sib tw uas tej zaum yuav los yog tsis tau poob nws cov buzz yog hais txog Cole los ntawm Devers.

Hauv cov ntsiab lus ntawm tag nrho ntawm-bats nws yuav zoo li Devers yog Cole's kryptonite. Tom qab tag nrho, Devers yog 9-rau-33 tawm tsam Cole, tus lej uas txhais tau tias yog .272 nruab nrab tom qab nws yog .233 (7-rau-30) nyob ib ncig ntawm 7 teev tsaus ntuj Friday. Tom qab ntawd rub tawm tag nrho cov duab thiab pom tias rau ntawm cov hits yog homers.

Xyoo tas los, Cole tau dinged rau Devers homer ntawm qhov thib ob batter nws ntsib ntawm lub caij. Tom qab ntawd nws tau tso ob qho ntxiv ntawm Fenway Park thaum Lub Xya Hli 7 thaum muaj kev ntxhov siab ntawm kev sib tw plaub-kev ua si thiab txawm hais tias qhov ntawd tshwm sim hauv Yankee yeej, Cole tau pom muaj kev ntxhov siab thaum lub sijhawm.

"Kuv qhib rau cov lus qhia," Cole hais me ntsis dhau 11 lub hlis dhau los. “Nws zoo nkauj heev. Nws tsuas yog tuaj yeem ntaus txhua yam (txhua yam), tsis tau muaj kev nco-ntaus. Zoo li, dov ib zaug. Zoo li, kab tawm ib zaug.

"Koj yuav tsum ua tsis tau xya ntawm 10 zaug hauv qhov kev sib tw no. Kuv tsis paub tias qhov deal yog dab tsi, "nws hais. "Peb tsuas yog yuav tsum cia li khaws nws, txiv neej."

Kaum hnub tom qab hauv New York hauv kev ua si thaum Chris Sale tsoo nws lub pinkie, nws txhuam rov qab Devers thiab tus thib peb baseman mus hitless. Nws tsis tshua rov qab los Cole txoj kev ntseeg siab txog nws ntsib nrog Devers raws li nws tau hais hauv qab no:

"Kuv tsis xav tias kuv pom nws tawm," Cole. "Kuv xav tias kuv nyuam qhuav tua cov pitches uas kuv xav ua hnub no, thiab kuv xav tias peb tau ua tiav zoo dua li peb tau ua dhau los."

Thaum lub caij nplooj zeeg kawg ntawm plaub-kev ua si series raws li kev tsom mus rau Aaron Judge lub tsev khiav khiav, Cole ntsiag to Devers, ib ntus tso cov lus piav qhia ntawm backburner.

Kev nrawm nrawm rau hnub Friday hauv thawj zaug ntawm 13-kev ua si lub caij sib tw, cov lus piav qhia txog Cole yog tus tswv los ntawm Devers rov qab los. Nyob rau hauv thawj inning, Cole tau txais Devers rau lineout ntawm ib tug cutter tab sis nyob rau hauv ob tom ntej no ntawm-bats lub domination tau tshwm sim.

Devers ob npaug ntawm kev hloov pauv hauv nws qhov thib ob ntawm-bat thiab tom qab ntawd zoo li tau mus txog kom tau txais lwm qhov kev hloov pauv hauv nws qhov thib peb ntawm-bat. Thaum Devers leaned, lub pob tsaws 405 ko taw deb ntawm Red Sox bullpen rau lwm homer.

"Lawv them nws 300 lab vim li cas," Cole hais. “Nws yog ib tug neeg ua si zoo. Kuv tsis tau ntsib lwm tus neeg ua si zoo li nws.

Raws li Devers, nws coj yog ib qho kev coj ncaj ncees thaum nws hais los ntawm tus neeg txhais lus los ntawm kev hais tias: "Cole tsis yog ib qho yooj yim rau fim. Ua siab ncaj rau koj. Kuv zoo siab tuaj yeem ntaus nws. "

Qhov kawg ntu ntawm Devers muaj Cole tuaj raws li tus thawj coj Alex Cora yuav tsum tau hais meej qee cov lus hais txog tus thib peb hauv qab txoj kev noj qab haus huv. Ntawm qhov chaw xov tooj cua nrog WEEI Cora tau piav qhia Devers tias yog "tham" ua ntej qhia meej tias Devers zoo.

Hnub Friday, Cora tau zoo siab los tham txog Devers, uas muaj 20 tus neeg ua haujlwm ua haujlwm tawm tsam Yankees thiab 10 hauv Yankee Stadium, suav nrog nws tus neeg nco txog Aroldis Chapman hauv 2017 uas tshwm sim ntawm 103-mph fastball.

Cora tau hais tias "Nrog cov neeg ua si tshwj xeeb, nws tsuas yog lub sijhawm xwb," said Cora. “Kuv tsis xav tias qhov tsom teeb muaj dab tsi ua nrog nws. Nws pib nrog kev taug kev. Nws ua siab ntev. Nws tau pom ntau lub pitches tsis ntev los no, uas zoo heev. Nws ntxhov siab me ntsis vim tias, pom tseeb, txawm tias nws ntxub hais, nws paub qhov kev ua txhaum (revolves) nyob ib puag ncig nws.

Txhua lub pitcher muaj ib tus neeg tuaj yeem suav tias yog lawv qhov tsis zoo. Ib qho piv txwv hauv Yankee keeb kwm tej zaum yuav yog qee lub npe uas ua tau zoo tawm tsam Whitey Ford, tus thawj coj yeej txhua lub sijhawm hauv pab pawg keeb kwm.

Cov npe ntawd suav nrog Jerry Adair mus 25-rau-65 (.365), Rocky Bridges mus 11-for-31 (.355), Joe DeMaestri 19-for-61 (.311), Bill Freehan mus 12-for-34 ( .353) thiab Hall of Famer Al Kaline 38-rau-112 (.339).

Hais txog Ron Guidry, uas Cole qhia pab pawg cov ntaub ntawv rau kev tawm tsam ob tus lej tom qab tau txais nws 23rd xws li kev ua si thaum Lub Plaub Hlis 16, nws muaj nws feem ntawm cov neeg sib tw ntawm cov haujlwm sib txawv kom ua tiav nws.

Qee lub npe ua tau zoo heev tiv thaiv Guidry suav nrog Bob Bailor (11-for-30), George Bell (13-for-35), Bruce Botche (10-for-29). Guidry kuj muaj teeb meem nrog ob peb Hall of Famers li Wade Boggs mus 14-rau-44 hauv lawv qhov kev sib tw thaum George Brett yog 18-rau-56 thiab Cal Ripken Jr. yog 12-rau-31. Lwm tus suav nrog Brett Butler yog 13-rau-30 tawm Guidry thaum Scott Fletcher yog 12-rau-31 thiab Julio Franco yog 14-rau-37.

Dominating ib lub pitcher tuaj yeem tuaj hauv txhua daim duab thiab cov ntawv los ntawm Hall of Famers mus rau Tsis yog Txhua Hnub Qub. Qee lub sij hawm nws tsuas yog ib qho ntawm cov khoom no tawm hauv lub pitcher nrhiav cov lus teb thiab cov neeg ntaus suab paj nruag txaus siab rau qhov kev vam meej ntawm lub pitcher standout.