NEW YORK -- The Yankees haven’t seen a streak of starting pitching this dominant since Herbert Hoover resided in the Oval Office. Gerrit Cole certainly wasn’t about to be the one who spoiled the fun.

Cole extended his team’s run with seven scoreless innings on Saturday at Yankee Stadium, ending his afternoon with a 100.8 mph fastball, his fastest of the season. Backed by four double plays and Gleyber Torres’ four-RBI performance, the Yankees celebrated their fifth consecutive win, a 7-0 victory over the White Sox.

“It was a luxury to turn all the double plays,” Cole said. “We played our tails off on defense. That was fun to be a part of. We tried to force a couple of double plays and it worked out for us, which is exciting. For the offense to finish the day and give us a sizable lead was the cherry on top.”

Beginning with Corey Kluber’s no-hitter on Wednesday, the Yankees have logged four consecutive starts of seven or more innings and no runs allowed -- something the club achieved once before, in 1932, when Johnny Allen, George Pipgras, Red Ruffing and Lefty Gomez fired four straight shutouts.

Yankees starters have not permitted a run in their past 30 innings, with Domingo Germán and Jordan Montgomery also contributing to this historic stretch. Overall, New York’s pitching staff has held opponents to one run over its past four games, just the third time in franchise history that has happened (1932, 2002).

“It’s a lot of fun to play behind guys when they’re throwing the ball the way they have been the last few days,” said outfielder Brett Gardner. “Three shutouts in the last four games is pretty impressive. It makes our jobs back there behind them really easy.”

After stumbling in his most recent outing against the Rangers in Arlington, Cole returned to form, navigating around a season-high three walks by striking out seven -- including that sizzling seventh-inning punchout of Andrew Vaughn. Cole improved to 6-2 with a 1.81 ERA, and his 92 strikeouts are the most of any Yankee through 10 starts of a season, surpassing Al Downing’s 86 strikeouts in 1963.

“It’s just a testament how good he is at his craft,” manager Aaron Boone said. “He made some solid adjustments early on in the game; started attacking the bottom of the zone with his heater. He really finished strong.”

It’s Gleyber Day
One day after driving in both runs of the Bombers’ series-opening victory over Chicago, Torres continued to rake, mashing a two-run double in the fourth inning and drilling a two-run single in the fifth.

That accounted for four of the five runs charged to White Sox starter Dylan Cease, who lasted 4 1/3 innings and was hit hard his second time through the batting order. Torres is 8-for-14 (.571) with a double, a homer and six RBIs since being activated from the COVID-19 injured list on Wednesday.

“It seems like he hasn’t skipped a beat,” Gardner said. “It’s great to have him back in the lineup and feeling well. He’s a big part of what we’ve got going on here.”

In 21 games since April 22, when Boone called out Torres for failing to run out a checked-swing tapper, Torres has batted .329 (26-for-79) with two homers and 15 RBIs. Torres said that extra work with hitting coaches Marcus Thames and P.J. Pilittere has helped his consistency.

“They remind me [of] little things to help me make really good adjustments,” Torres said. “Right now, I’m just trying to follow that, having a really good plan when I go to home plate.”

Pulling away
Rougned Odor contributed a run-scoring double and Mike Ford launched his third home run, a 447-foot shot that reached the bleachers in right field. Miguel Andújar added an RBI double in the seventh, opening a seven-run lead.

With Cole’s workload complete, Justin Wilson surrendered a one-out triple to Nick Madrigal in the eighth. Continuing an eventful weekend that featured the Yankees’ first triple play in seven years on Friday and four double plays on Saturday, Urshela fired home on a Tim Anderson grounder to keep the shutout intact.

“He’s just so ready to make a great play, every pitch,” Cole said.

Luis Cessa worked a perfect ninth to complete the five-hitter. At 27-19, the Yankees are a season-high eight games above .500 and they have gone undefeated in their past 10 series after dropping four of their first five last month.

“I think we’re getting some continuity together,” Cole said. “Everybody’s been feeling good since the day we came in. I understand that the questions were there, but on a day-to-day basis, everybody’s been ready to do their job. In that sense, I haven’t been surprised. I guess I’m more just excited and proud.”