Nestor Cortes allowed homers on the first three pitches he threw Saturday, and things got worse from there as Milwaukee was blown out by New York.
Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Nestor Cortes inadvertently did his old team a solid on Saturday at Yaknee Stadium. In an inexplicable display from the mound, Cortes allowed four (yes, four) home runs for the New York Yankees in the bottom of the game's first inning.
Nestor Cortes’ return to Yankee Stadium turned into an implosion, and the Brewers left-hander didn’t stay to talk about it.
In all, the Yankees hit nine home runs during a 20-9 bludgeoning of the Milwaukee Brewers, breaking their franchise record for homers in a game. Aaron Judge, who went deep in his first three at-bats, missed becoming the 19th player in MLB history with a four-homer game by about 2 feet when he doubled off the wall in the sixth.
When Nestor Cortes spoke to reporters in Yankee Stadium’s visiting clubhouse on Opening Day, he said that he was “excited” to face his former team in the second game of the season.
Making his Milwaukee Brewers debut at Yankee Stadium after an offseason trade, the former All-Star gave up back-to-back-to-back home runs to Paul Goldschmidt, Cody Bellinger and Aaron Judge – on three pitches – to start the first inning on Saturday.
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When Nestor Cortes spoke to reporters in Yankee Stadium’s visiting clubhouse on Opening Day, he said that he was “excited” to face his former team in the second game of the season.
It was a rough homecoming for Nestor Cortes on Saturday afternoon at Yankee Stadium. After pitching five years with the Yankees, the veteran left-hander has a new home in Milwaukee. He made his debut with the Brewers in the Bronx,