BALTIMORE — Nestor Cortes can’t do the whole lot. The Yankees lefty struck out a dozen hitters, together with each one of many gamers within the Orioles beginning lineup a minimum of as soon as. That wasn’t sufficient to beat the Yankees offense. Baltimore rallied for 5 runs within the eighth inning off the Yankees formidable bullpen Sunday and shut out the Bombers 5-0 at Camden Yards.
“We got punched in the face today. You know, losing a series here in Baltimore,” Aaron Judge stated. “We’re not happy about that or happy about our performance. We’ve just got to pick it up. Collectively and just individually, everybody pick it up, do the job and get back to it in Detroit.”
The Yankees (5-5) misplaced two out of three right here this weekend, the primary time they’ve dropped a sequence to the eternally rebuilding Orioles since September 2020. Just 10 video games into the season, it’s not a purple flag, but it surely does convey up the questions from final season. The Yankees had been 11-8 in opposition to the Orioles final season, which performed an element of their scramble for a playoff spot. They ended up sneaking in and having to play the Wild Card recreation on the highway as a result of they didn’t dominate the groups they had been purported to dominate, just like the Orioles. The Rays, who received the American League East, went 18-1 in opposition to the O’s, the Blue Jays went 14-5 and the Red Sox went 13-6
And the Yankees struggles final season stemmed from an inconsistent offense. So far this season, it doesn’t look that a lot totally different. Through 10 video games, they’ve scored 30 runs, sixth worst within the majors. They are twentieth in slugging (.366) and seventeenth in OPS (.677).
The Bombers managed 4 hits Sunday, all off Baltimore lefty Bruce Zimmermann.
“I don’t get too emotional over a few games where you can start beating the drum in a certain way,” Boone stated. “I am confident this offense will be what we should be. We have an off day (Monday) and we gotta get rolling.”
It’s too late for Cortes, who nonetheless doesn’t have a win this season regardless of his 0.00 ERA.
Cortes threw 5 scoreless innings, scattering three hits, strolling one. The 12 strikeouts had been essentially the most by a Yankee pitcher in a recreation in 5 innings or fewer. He acquired 15 swings and misses, 10 approaching the cutter he leaned closely on Sunday.
Cortes wanted simply 9 pitches to strike out the aspect within the fourth inning. He acquired Anthony Santander to chunk on a 91-mile an hour sinker. He acquired a known as third strike in opposition to Ryan McKenna with a 92-mile an hour sinker and Robinson Chirinos swung and missed on a 91-mile an hour fastball.
“I mean, it’s fun to be out there obviously every single time when you’re on a roll like that,” Cortes stated. “It just makes it a little sweeter. Unfortunately, we didn’t come out W today but you know it is what it is.”
Despite having lefty Lucas Luetge prepared, Aaron Boone let Jonathan Loaisiga, who was very good final season, face lefty hitter Rougned Odor.
“It’s Jonathan Loaisiga,” Boone stated. “I’ll take him all day long in that spot. He’s about as good a reliever as there is in the game. And that’s absolutely the match up I wanted there.”
The former Yankee singled in two runs on a floor ball up the center. Boone then went to Luetge, who gave up a two-run double to Kelvin Gutierrez. Jorge Mateo singled in Gutierrez.
In two begins this season, Cortes has not given up a run, walked one and struck out 17 over 9.1 innings pitched. He is a part of the explanation the Bombers’ lead the majors in crew ERA.
“His stuff is really good. The radar is a nice thing to look at, but his stuff is really good,” Boone stated. “I guess when you punch out 12 in five innings I guess that’s a little bit of a Wow. But the fact that he gets really good play on his stuff. And his stuff was really good today.”
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