"Gerrit, you are a God to me" "Don't lose hope Cole really showed he is our guy today" - Gerrit Cole draws praise from New York Yankees fans after clutch performance in Game 4 of ALDS

When the chips were down and push came to shove, Gerrit Cole showed up. The New York Yankees ace put on a show in Cleveland to force a do-or-die game in the American League Division Series.

Cole gave up just two runs on six base hits with one walk while striking out eight Cleveland Guardians batters. The ace earned his second win of the postseason against the Guardians and lowered his ERA to 2.03.

New York Yankees fans on Twitter expressed their appreciation for Gerrit Cole's work as he kept the team's playoff hopes alive.

After a season that bore mixed results for the ace, New York Yankees fans can breathe a sigh of relief knowing that their main starter comes up big in crucial situations.

It is unclear whether we've seen the last of Cole this postseason as the Yankees will play their elimination game against the Guardians later. What's certain is that Cole left it all on the field and silenced the doubters this postseason.

Gerrit Cole: Postseason Ace

Pretty much like NBA superstar LeBron James' love for punishing the Toronto Raptors in the playoffs that garndered him the nickname "LeBronto," Gerrit Cole loves pitching against the Cleveland Guardians.

In four career starts against Cleveland in the postseason, Cole owns an immaculate 4-0 record with a 1.98 ERA, 0.77 WHIP and 41 strikeouts against just two walks. In comparison, he posted a 6-5 record with a 3.13 ERA, 0.99 WHIP and 86 strikeouts with 22 walks against the combined opposition unnamed Cleveland. He truly loves punishing the team in the postseason.

Cole also owns the sixth least postseason ERA since the establishment of the Wild Card era with a 2.81 ERA. The New York Yankees ace also owns the second-lowest WHIP at 0.93 in the same time span.

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Daniel Santiago is a journalist who has been reporting on baseball at Sportskeeda since 2022. He was drawn towards the sport after the underlying statistics and the analysis surrounding it grabbed his attention.

Daniel particularly enjoys furnishing reports about historic events in baseball and analyzing the game through a statistic-based outlook, based on Fangraphs and Baseball-Reference. This is in line with how he enjoyed watching baseball as a pastime. As a writer, he is very particular about cross-checking from reputable sources and doing his due diligence.

He became a lifelong Hideki Matsui fan after his exploits in the 2009 World Series for the New York Yankees. Among the current generation, Daniel's favorites include Shohei Ohtani and Jung Hoo Lee. Daniel is a huge follower of Asian baseball and both Ohtani and Lee have been in the top echelon of their respective leagues during their time with the NPB and KBO.

His favorite moment as a baseball fan was the final at-bat of the 2023 World Baseball Classic between Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout. He believes there aren't many words to fittingly describe the intensity of the moment.

As an avid sports fan, Daniel watches other sports and Esports when not writing about baseball.

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