Dodgers prepared to face ‘one of the best pitchers in the game’ Gerrit Cole

The Dodgers person faced Gerrit Cole erstwhile already successful nan World Series, and Los Angeles infielder Tommy Edman expects it should thief having that acquisition against him nether their belt, but they’re still alert of nan situation successful beforehand of them. 

After nan Yankees kept their play live connected Tuesday night, they will hand nan shot backmost complete to their ace connected Wednesday nighttime successful nan hopes of forcing different travel to Los Angeles for a Game 6 connected Friday night. 

Cole pitched six innings successful Game 1, giving nan Yankees a beardown capacity allowing conscionable 1 tally connected 4 hits and striking retired four. 

Tommy Edman Getty Images

The Yankees blew a 2-1 lead successful nan eighth inning and mislaid nan crippled aft Freddie Freeman deed a game-winning expansive slam successful nan bottommost of nan 10th. 

“It decidedly helps [having faced Cole], but he’s still a awesome pitcher,” Edman said. “He’s sewage really awesome pitches and does a bully occupation of knowing what he needs to do to get guys out. But conscionable having seen him, having a bully thought aliases a amended thought of really his pitches move helps a batch of america out. We’ll spot really it goes tomorrow.”

Freddie Freeman, Enrique Hernández, Edman and Teoscar Hernández were nan only Dodgers to registry hits successful Game 1 against Cole. 

Freeman deed a first-inning triple, Enrique Hernández tripled successful nan 5th and Edman deed a double to lead disconnected nan sixth inning. 

“It’s ever bully to look personification a fewer days ago, but he’s still 1 of nan champion pitchers successful nan game. It’s not going to beryllium easy truthful we’ve sewage our hands full,” Freeman said.

Gerrit Cole talks to reporters earlier nan Yankees’ 11-4 Game 4 triumph complete nan Dodgers connected Oct. 29, 2024. AP

Cole is starting connected a regular four-day remainder successful nan do-or-die Game 5 and will beryllium making his 12 postseason commencement arsenic a Yankee. 

The right-hander is 5-2 pinch a 3.25 ERA successful 11 playoff starts pinch nan Yankees. 

Follow The Post’s sum of nan Yankees successful nan postseason:

• Yankees support play live arsenic discourtesy yet breaks retired successful large way
• Rookie’s first World Series outing was conscionable capable for nan Yankees
• Heyman: Yankees yet showed immoderate signs to judge successful arsenic Bombers support title hopes alive
• Vaccaro: The Yankees were astatine stone bottommost earlier Anthony Volpe’s heroics

Considering nan Yankees play was connected nan brink coming into Tuesday night, Cole was asked really he prepares for a crippled that mightiness not moreover happen. 

“Well, I conscionable presume I’m going to commencement it, truthful yeah,” he said matter-of-factly.