Josh Naylor was calling himself Gerrit Cole’s daddy as he celebrated across the bases after his Sport 4 dwelling run off the Yankees ace.
Within the backside of the fourth inning of Sunday’s ALDS recreation at Progressive Area, the Guardians; designated hitter hit a solo homer off of Cole to proper middle subject to chop the Yankees result in 3-2.
But it surely was what Naylor did whereas rounding the bases that basically acquired individuals speaking.
As he rounded first base Naylor did a “rock-the-baby” celebration and could possibly be seen on the TBS digital camera yelling, “That’s my little f–king son.” to the Guardians bench as he rounded third base whereas doing the rock the child gesture once more. A Cleveland win would have ship them to the ALCS, however the Yankees gained 4-2.
MLB.com reporter Mandy Bell mentioned Guardians pitcher Triston McKenzie talked about Naylor’s rocking the child celebration earlier this month and that he does this for each dwelling run he hits and Cole was no exception.
“Yeah. No matter. It’s cute,” Cole mentioned when requested about Naylor’s histrionics.
Naylor was hitting 4-for-16 on this collection coming into Sport 4 and he's 1-for-9 with a house run in opposition to Cole in his profession in the course of the common season. The 25-year-old hit .256 with 20 dwelling runs and 79 RBIs in the course of the common season.
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