Nestor as nasty as Yankees need in win over Astros

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Published 05.08.2023
Nestor as nasty as Yankees need in win over Astros
Nestor Cortes guides Yankees’ win in return from IL

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NEW YORK — It had been 67 days since Nestor Cortes final touched an MLB mound, an extended couple of months that noticed the Yankees frequently making an attempt to regulate to life with out their lefty. On Saturday afternoon at Yankee Stadium, the 28-year-old returned, rushed again from his rehab assignments, and confirmed why he’s one of many linchpins for New York’s American League Wild Card push.

Before the sport, supervisor Aaron Boone shared that Cortes was not absolutely constructed again up — skipping his ultimate rehab begin to pitch on Saturday — and can be below some type of a pitch restrict. Cortes made essentially the most of his truncated outing, dazzling via an electrical 4 innings. He struck out eight Astros within the 3-1 win, permitting only one hit and one run on a solo homer by Jose Altuve.

While it might have been temporary, Saturday’s outing could have been Cortes’ simplest of 2023, not less than when it comes to “stuff.” He produced a season-high 17 swings and misses (essentially the most since he had 20 on Oct. 1 of final yr), and likewise reached a season excessive together with his four-seam fastball velocity (95.6 mph). Per Statcast, the typical velocity was up on each his four-seam and cutter, whereas the spin charges on 4 of his 5 pitches had additionally elevated.

Cortes was backed by one other strong effort from the Yankees’ bullpen, which continues to steer the Majors in ERA. Ian Hamilton labored two scoreless innings, placing out 4, whereas Tommy Kahnle and Michael King notched a scoreless inning apiece. Clay Holmes shut the door for his sixteenth save of the yr.

Jake Bauers continued his torrid stretch, crushing a solo homer into the second deck to provide the Yankees a 2-1 lead within the fifth inning, his eleventh of the season. Bauers, who hit out of the leadoff spot on Saturday, has remained a revelation for the Yankees, rocking a 1.111 OPS up to now seven video games. Gleyber Torres additionally added some much-needed insurance coverage together with his seventeenth homer of the season on an opposite-field blast within the eighth inning.