Gerrit Cole looks like an ace again with six shutout innings in long-awaited Yankees return

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“Cole returned against the Rays in The Bronx”

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Multiple independent sources (Nypost, web search results) confirm Gerrit Cole made his season debut against the Tampa Bay Rays in the Bronx (Yankee Stadium).

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gerrit Alan Cole (born September 8, 1990) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Pittsburgh Pirat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrit_Cole

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2019 Major League Baseball postseason was the playoff tournament of Major League Baseball for the 2019 season. The winners of the Division Series would move on to the League Championship Series to…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Blake Ashton Snell (born December 4, 1992) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Tampa Bay Ra…
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“having last pitched in a major league game in Game 5 of the 2024 World Series”

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Two separate web search results explicitly state that Cole had not pitched in a major league game since Game 5 of the 2024 World Series.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gerrit Alan Cole (born September 8, 1990) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Pittsburgh Pirat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrit_Cole

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024 American League Division Series (ALDS) were the two best-of-five playoff series in Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2024 postseason to determine the participating teams of the 2024 American Leag…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024 World Series (branded as the 2024 World Series presented by Capital One) was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2024 season. The 120th edition of the World Series, it wa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_World_Series

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“missing a year-plus following March 2025 Tommy John surgery”

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While evidence mentions a scar on Cole's elbow and a list of players who had Tommy John surgery, none of the provided sources explicitly confirm a surgery date of March 2025 or a 'year-plus' absence specifically linked to that date.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024 World Series (branded as the 2024 World Series presented by Capital One) was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2024 season. The 120th edition of the World Series, it wa…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gerrit Alan Cole (born September 8, 1990) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Pittsburgh Pirat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrit_Cole

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tommy John surgery (TJS), known in medical practice as ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) reconstruction, is a surgical graft procedure in which the ulnar collateral ligament in the medial elbow is repla…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_baseball_players_who_u…

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“The 35-year-old pitched six shutout innings, allowed two hits and three walks”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant search results about software (Gerrit) and general player bios; there is no box score or report confirming the specific stats (6 shutout innings, 2 hits, 3 walks) for this game.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — William Harper Warren (born June 16, 1999) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played college baseball for Southeastern Louisiana U…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Warren

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2019 Houston Astros season was the 58th season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise located in Houston, Texas, their 55th as the Astros, seventh in both the American League (AL) and AL We…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gerrit Alan Cole (born September 8, 1990) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Pittsburgh Pirat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrit_Cole

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“He struck out just two and was removed after just 72 pitches- with lefty Brett Headrick taking over to start the seventh”

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The evidence provided for this claim is entirely irrelevant, referring to 'Gerrit' the code review software rather than the baseball player.

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web search NEUTRAL — Gerrit (/ ˈɡɛrɪt / GERR-it) is a free, web-based team code collaboration tool. Software developers in a team can review each other's modifications on their source code using a Web browser and approve …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrit_(software)

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web search NEUTRAL — Gerrit is a web-based code review system that enables teams to collaborate on Git repositories with powerful patchset based review workflows, fine-grained permissions, and seamless integration with CI…
https://www.gerritcodereview.com/

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web search NEUTRAL — Gerrit Code Review Gerrit is a code review and project management tool for Git based projects. Objective Gerrit makes reviews easier by showing changes in a side-by-side display, and allowing inline c…
https://gerrit.googlesource.com/gerrit

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“He started off with a 96-mph four-seam fastball to Chandler Simpson before the speedster poked a single over shortstop to lead off the game”

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Web results mention Cole's velocity in spring training and rehab starts, but none specifically describe a 96-mph fastball to Chandler Simpson as the first pitch of this specific game.

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web search NEUTRAL — Cole showed improved velocity in his first inning of work, hitting 98 mph with his fastball twice in the frame. While he allowed two hits during the inning, he was able to work around them, thanks to …
https://www.aol.com/article/gerrit-cole-works-around-two-hit…

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web search NEUTRAL — After throwing one inning in his first game, Gerrit Cole pitched a total of 2.2 innings, which is a solid progression. The ace had a clean first inning except for one hit in his second spring training…
https://medium.com/pinstripestateofmind/gerrit-cole-showed-h…

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web search NEUTRAL — Cole threw a four-seam fastball that reached 99.6 mph, during that rehab start for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes Barre on Saturday. He allowed one run and six hits in the game.
https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-g…

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“A walk to Junior Caminero”

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The provided evidence for this claim refers to software tools and does not mention a walk to Junior Caminero.

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web search NEUTRAL — Gerrit (/ ˈɡɛrɪt / GERR-it) is a free, web-based team code collaboration tool. Software developers in a team can review each other's modifications on their source code using a Web browser and approve …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrit_(software)

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web search NEUTRAL — Gerrit is a web-based code review system that enables teams to collaborate on Git repositories with powerful patchset based review workflows, fine-grained permissions, and seamless integration with CI…
https://www.gerritcodereview.com/

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web search NEUTRAL — Gerrit Code Review Gerrit is a code review and project management tool for Git based projects. Objective Gerrit makes reviews easier by showing changes in a side-by-side display, and allowing inline c…
https://gerrit.googlesource.com/gerrit

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“the right-hander struck out Yandy Diaz looking to end the inning”

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An MLB.com report explicitly states that Gerrit Cole struck out Yandy Díaz to end the top of the 1st inning in his 2026 return.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 14, 2022 ... ... Díaz opened the inning with a soft single to left field, Cole ... struck out Choi in their first two showdowns, once swinging and once looking.
https://www.mlb.com/news/gerrit-cole-gets-big-double-play-in…

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web search NEUTRAL — 2 hours ago ... Gerrit Cole strikes out Yandy Díaz to record his first strikeout of 2026 and end the top of the 1st inning.
https://www.mlb.com/video/gerrit-cole-swinging-strike-to-yan…

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web search NEUTRAL — 3 hours ago ... Gerrit Cole strikes out 2 in hitless inning. Chris Pico Illescas ... Gerrit Cole needs to break out of the habit of his 1st & 2nd inning troubles.
https://www.facebook.com/yesnetwork/posts/paul-oneill-joins-…

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“The right-hander, who was initially expected to make one more minor league rehab start before his return to the Yankees rotation”

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“After allowing a leadoff walk in the second, Cole retired the next 10 batters he faced before Cedric Mullins’ one-out single in the fifth”

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“consistently hitting 96-plus and topping out at 98.6 mph”

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“Boone went to the bullpen with the Yankees leading, 1-0”

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