Frustrated Nestor Cortes shares Jaw Dropping take after tough outing for Yankees vs Rays

• The New York Yankees went on the road against the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday, and Nestor Cortes got the start for the Yankees. Cortes was not at his best as he lasted 5.1 innings, giving up four earned runs and walking three. He took the loss and the Yankees lost the game 7-2. Tampa Bay jumped on Nestor Cortes early as they scored in the first period to take a 1-0 lead.

The Yankees responded well with two runs of their own in the second, but the Rays’ three-run frame in the third put them up for good.

The Yankees were scoreless after the second inning and Tampa Bay added three runs in the seventh to extend the lead. Cortes usually excels in front of hitters with his fastball and shutting down hitters with his off-speed stuff. He had some trouble throwing strikes to start Saturday and wasn’t too happy with the strike zone after the game. “From my perspective, it looked like a few punches could have been thrown,” Cortes said, according to a New York Daily News article. “But I don’t think it dictated my whole game. I just need to make better pitches and find that fastball a little earlier.

Yankees manager Aaron Boone had nothing to say about the strike zone after the contest, but he noted that Cortes did not have his usual command with the fastball. It’s hard to be successful as a pitcher if you’re behind in the count. “I thought he righted the ship a little bit and got it going in the middle of the game,” Aaron Boone said. “But early on, it looked like he was struggling to get that fastball to the top rail that he’s usually so good at.” of.