Cole improved to 12-6 on the season Saturday against the Twins, striking out six while walking one and allowing five hits in six scoreless innings.
The Twins rarely gave Cole much trouble outside of the fifth inning, when they loaded the bases with two outs, but Cole struck out a pair of batters to end the threat. His strikeout total was his lowest since July 4, but he's now allowed just a single earned run in 11.2 innings since returning from the COVID-19 injured list. He'll look to keep that run going in his next outing, which should come sometime in the four-game series against Oakland.