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New York Yankees<\/a> ace Gerrit Cole started at Fenway Park in Boston for the first time since 2022 on Saturday. It wasn’t a triumphant return.<\/p>\n The Boston Red Sox<\/a> shelled Cole in a 4-1 Yankees loss. In 5.1 innings pitched, he struck out five batters but allowed four runs (four earned runs) and seven hits.<\/p>\n If it were just one bad outing, it wouldn’t warrant sounding the alarms, but it isn’t a one-off. It’s another rough performance for six-time All-Star Cole, who hasn’t looked like the same player since returning from Tommy John surgery in May.\u00a0<\/p>\n Cole went 1-0 in May, allowing no runs. His numbers tanked in June. Per StatMuse, he went 1-3 and logged a subpar 6.12 ERA in 25 innings pitched. That marks his highest ERA in a month (min. 25 innings pitched) since June 2017, when he was still playing for the Pittsburgh Pirates.<\/a> That season, he finished with a career-worst 4.26 ERA in 203 innings pitched. Pittsburgh traded him to the Houston Astros\u00a0<\/a>the following offseason.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\nGerrit Cole has struggled since returning from right elbow injury\u00a0<\/h2>\n