Triolo, Mangum lift Pirates over Yankees 5-3 in doubleheader opener after Cole strikes out 11

NEW YORK (AP) — Jared Triolo and Jake Mangum hit run-scoring singles against Fernando Cruz in the 10th inning, Jacob Gonzalez and Nick Gonzales homered off Gerrit Cole and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the New York Yankees 5-3 Wednesday in the opener of a day-night doubleheader.

Ben Rice tied the score with his 30th home run, a three-run drive in the seventh inning off Carmen Mlodzinski.

Triolo and Mangum drove in runs off Cruz (4-4), who allowed two hits and two walks while getting just one out.

Mason Montgomery (3-3) pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings and Gregory Soto got three straight outs for his 13th save in 18 chances.

Cole retired his first 14 batters before allowing Nick Gonzales’ single and Jacob Gonzalez’s two-run homer. Nick Gonzales added a solo homer in the seventh off Cole, who in his previous start gave up Max Muncy’s two-run, eighth-inning homer that lifted the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 2-1 win.

Cole struck out 11, his most since Aug. 25, 2023, and extended his Yankees record for double-digit strikeouts games with 29. He allowed three runs and four hits with no walks.

Pittsburgh starter Mitch Keller gave up three hits in five scoreless innings.

New York went 1 for 10 with runners in scoring position.

Yankees hitting coach James Rowson was ejected in the sixth inning for arguing after José Caballero was called for a pitch clock violation for not for engaging Mlodzinski with more than eight seconds remaining. Caballero took an inning-ending called strike and Yankees manager Aaron Boone continued arguing with plate umpire Quinn Wolcott during the break.

Brent Headrick struck out the side in the eighth and extended his home scoreless streak to 35 innings, the longest for the Yankees since Allie Reynolds’ 36 innings rom Sept 16, 1953, to June 2, 1954, according to STATS.

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New York LHP Max Fried (4-3) and Pittsburgh RHP Bubba Chandler (3-8, 4.77) were to start the night game.

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Triolo, Mangum lift Pirates over Yankees 5-3 in doubleheader opener after Cole strikes out 11 | iNFOnews.ca
Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Carmen Mlodzinski reacts after giving up a three-run home run to New York Yankees’ Ben Rice in the seventh inning during the first baseball game of a doubleheader, Wednesday, July 22, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
Triolo, Mangum lift Pirates over Yankees 5-3 in doubleheader opener after Cole strikes out 11 | iNFOnews.ca
New York Yankees’ Ben Rice reacts after hitting a three-run home run in the seventh inning during the first baseball game of a doubleheader against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Wednesday, July 22, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
Triolo, Mangum lift Pirates over Yankees 5-3 in doubleheader opener after Cole strikes out 11 | iNFOnews.ca
New York Yankees’ Ben Rice watches his three-run home run in the seventh inning during the first baseball game of a doubleheader against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Wednesday, July 22, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
Triolo, Mangum lift Pirates over Yankees 5-3 in doubleheader opener after Cole strikes out 11 | iNFOnews.ca
New York Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole reacts after giving up a two-run home run to Pittsburgh Pirates’ Jacob Gonzalez (26) in the fifth inning during the first baseball game of a doubleheader, Wednesday, July 22, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

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