Gerrit Cole was tagged for three more homers while allowing five runs in 4 1/3 innings Saturday in a loss to the Mets.

Last Sunday against the Padres, it was pretty much just the four homers that did Cole in, and he was quite good after giving up three in a row to start the game. Today, though, he was just crushed throughout. 14 of the 18 balls in play he allowed were hard hit, and he generated only three whiffs on 40 swings. The Yankees have to be fairly concerned at this point. He’s given up 20 homers in 115 1/3 innings on the season. In his last full year in 2023, he allowed 20 homers in 209 innings while taking home AL Cy Young honors. Cole will next face the Diamondbacks in Arizona on Friday.