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Justin Verlander twirls gem to guide Astros past pesky Rays
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Are Gerrit Cole And Justin Verlander Similar Enough To Merit Splitting Their Slots In The Rotation?
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Is Gerrit Cole better than Justin Verlander? - The Crawfish Boxes
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2019 World Series: Gerrit Cole and Justin Verlander are historically great duo
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Gerrit Cole is in a historic position as World Series open
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Cole tosses 2-hitter with 10 Ks as Yanks blank Twins 2-0
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Cole pitches Astros to 3-2 Series lead over Nats
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Saturday's ALDS: Gerrit Cole dominates, Yankees continue mastery of Twins
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Gerrit Cole Proves Hittable as the Nationals Take World Series Opener - WSJ
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Gerrit Cole, Jacob deGrom among few true aces in short MLB season
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Verlander pitches 3rd career no-hitter, Astros beat Jays 2-0
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Gerrit Cole dazzled in debut as Astros take three of four from Rangers
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Astros' Verlander sidelined by back injury - The San Diego Union-Tribune
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Gerrit Cole fans 15, Alex Bregman homers as Astros top Rays - Los Angeles Times
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MLB: Astros' Justin Verlander, Gerrit Cole keeping it old-school