Cole improved to 12-3 with a win over the Indians on Sunday. He gave up three runs on five hits and one walk while striking out five over eight innings. After giving up a combined 17 hits in his final two starts of June (11.1 innings), Cole limited Cleveland to just five base knocks in his first outing of July, with only one going for extra bases. He was dominant after the third inning, retiring 16 straight batters to end his outing. With a major-league leading 12 wins to go along with 113 strikeouts and excellent ratios, Cole has been right there among the best pitchers in the National League behind Max Scherzer.