Clearly that was a mistake. I think that I was bought into the plan going into it, but afterward it was the wrong move.” The post Aaron Boone, Gerrit Cole explain Yankees’ decision to intentionally walk Rafael Devers with nobody on base appeared first on Boston.

Yankees starter Gerrit Cole, amid a near-perfect game, took an unusual step by intentionally walking Red Sox slugger Rafael Devers.

In the first inning, Cole had hit Devers, who was erased on a double play. He had faced the minimum after retiring Jarren Duran on a flyout to start the fourth inning, then put the doomed strategy into action. Aggressively.