"Gerrit Cole was dominating this game”- Derek Jeter comments on Aaron Boone’s decision to pull Cole in World Series opener

The New York Yankees opened their World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers with a 6-3 loss at Dodger Stadium. Both teams went scoreless for the first four innings of the Friday night game.

After the scoreless start, Yankees’ ace Gerrit Cole allowed a run in the fifth inning on a sacrifice fly by Will Smith. The Yankees responded in the sixth inning with a two-run, 412-foot homer by Giancarlo Stanton off Jack Flaherty, giving them a 2-1 lead.

In the seventh inning, the Yankees replaced Cole with Clay Holmes. However, after Cole left the mound, the Yankees' bullpen struggled, which eventually led to their defeat.

In a Fox postgame episode, former Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter reacted to manager Aaron Boone’s decision to remove Gerrit Cole early in the game.

"Gerrit Cole was dominating this game... And if you take him out after 88 pitches for I don't know what reason, it's a domino effect on not only this game tonight, tomorrow's game, and the rest of this series." Jeter said.

“I just think when you have someone that’s dealing like Gerrit Cole, you leave him out there as long as you can.”

Throughout the game, Gerrit Cole allowed four hits, one earned run while recording four strikeouts. He threw 88 pitches, 61 of which were strikes.

Yankees pitchers struggled, leading to a 6-3 loss to the Dodgers

After Clay Holmes took the mound, he allowed runners to reach second and third. To counter this, Tommy Kahnle replaced Holmes and escaped the inning without allowing a run. In the eighth inning, Kahnle allowed a double to Shohei Ohtani, who advanced to third base due to a throwing error.

Luke Weaver then replaced Kahnle and allowed a sacrifice fly by Mookie Betts, on which Ohtani scored to tie the game. After a scoreless ninth inning, the teams entered extra innings. The Yankees briefly took the lead in the tenth when Anthony Volpe grounded into a force-out, allowing Jazz Chisholm Jr. to score.

In the bottom of the tenth, Jake Cousins replaced Weaver and allowed runners to reach base. Nestor Cortes then entered to face Shohei Ohtani, who flied out, allowing the baserunners to advance to second and third.

Cortes then issued an intentional walk to Mookie Betts to face Freddie Freeman, who hit a 409-foot grand slam, securing a 6-3 win for the Dodgers in the World Series opener.