Gerrit Cole pitched well and held on late, and the sleepy Yankee offense woke up just a enough to finally get a win against the Boston Red Sox at soggy water-logged Yankee Stadium.

Cole, who last month got shelled in Boston, over his last two starts has rebounded including a complete game gem in Houston 2 Saturdays ago, and then last night’s grinder of a win.

Watching his last two starts, this writer feeks Cole finally got back to being Gerrit Cole. Cole, challenged and questioned about scuffing baseballs and his spin rate, has fought back. You wanna question him? Here’s 98 on the black, try and hit it fellas! In his last two starts, Cole has been Cole.

The other night thing from this Yankee fan’s perspective? The offense produced. Specifically, DJ LeMahieu , Gleyber Torres, and Gary Sanchez produced. LeMahieu came thru with a gane tying run scoring single in the 5th, and Sanchez and Torres followed with back to back, opposite field home runs in the Bottom of the 6th.

The Yankees would go on to win 3-1 in 6 innings after a long rain delay made conditions unplayable and unable to resume. That slow drip you hear? Boston fans weeping and crying ‘we should have played,’ to those ‘fans’, shut up. Wins are wins, they aren’t always pretty or beautiful, but its a win.

To the fan that threw the ball at Alex Verdugo, the whole situation should have been avoided. The fan shouldn’t have thrown at him, I’ve read things that the fan was egged on by other fans and then felt bad, it shouldn’t have even come to that.

But.

Verdugo standing there berating the guy? Just walk away, man. You want to show Boston as this elite class organization? Just walk away, follow your team off the field until it’s safe to return. Then, do your talking with your bat or make a game saving catch. Trying to show ‘I’m Boston tough’, you went right down with that fan with your tough guy act. Take your .275 average, 9 Home Runs and 36 RBI and just play. You are an annoying role player who just happens to play for the Red Sox. You aren’t named Schilling or Nomar or even JD Martinez, in short, speaking for Yankee fans, get over the moment and yourself. End of PSA

Now, the win for the Yankees won’t mean a thing if they don’t win tonight. Win the series and get rolling.

See eceeybody tomorrow with a recap.