Gerrit Cole's start marred only by exploding rosin bag

On a Sunday when everything was going Gerrit Cole's way as he faced the Cardinals, his fastball and curve looking as effortless and beautiful as his bouncing blonde curls (7 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 7 K), and when the right-hander even picked up his first RBI since Sept. 7 last season, only one thing went wrong.

And it went terribly wrong -- at least, assuming that Gerrit Cole didn't want to use the rosin bag like he was applying baby powder after getting out of the shower. 

Maybe it's just a trick played on Pirates starters: