{"id":1494193,"date":"2022-05-27T08:15:46","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T12:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1494193"},"modified":"2022-05-27T08:17:20","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T12:17:20","slug":"yankees-nestor-cortez-delivers-another-gem-in-win-over-rays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yankees-nestor-cortez-delivers-another-gem-in-win-over-rays\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees\u2019 Nestor Cortez Delivers Another Gem in Win Over Rays"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fyankees-nestor-cortez-delivers-another-gem-in-win-over-rays%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1494193&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.\u2014 The Yankees entered Tropicana Field to face their stiffest AL East competition battered and bruised \u2014 and on Thursday night, it didn\u2019t matter.<\/p>\n<p>Just as he has all season, Nestor Cortes pitched like an ace, which allowed a makeshift Yankees lineup that didn\u2019t get a hit off Ryan Yarbrough until the sixth inning, enough time to break through in a 7-2 win over the Rays.<\/p>\n<p>It was the first of 19 games between the teams this season, with 10 of those meetings coming in the Yankees\u2019 next 25 games.<\/p>\n<p>The victory extended the Yankees\u2019 lead in the AL East over Tampa Bay to 5 \u00bd games.<\/p>\n<p>Cortes took a shutout into the ninth and threw a career-high 109 pitches.<\/p>\n<p>After two of the first three batters of the night got on base, Cortes retired 14 straight before Isiah Kiner-Falefa made an error to lead off the bottom of the sixth.<\/p>\n<p>By then, the Yankees had built a three-run lead, all in the top of the inning.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Nestor-Cortes-1.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption>Nestor Cortes allowed one run in eight-plus innings in the Yankees\u2019 7-2 win over the Rays.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cJust scratching out that first run was big, especially with Nestor on the mound and how he\u2019s been,\u2019\u2019 Aaron Judge said. \u201cYou get one run and they way that guy\u2019s rolling, we\u2019re in a good spot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cortes lowered his ERA to 1.70, but said he still doesn\u2019t consider himself one of the game\u2019s best pitchers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot really,\u2019\u2019 Cortes said. \u201cI\u2019ve still got a lot to prove, I think. It\u2019s still early, a quarter [into] the season. I want to prove I can go 30 starts and 150-plus innings, hopefully. Just keep my head down and keep going.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Told of Cortes\u2019 comments, Judge said, \u201cI definitely disagree. [But] he can think whatever he wants if he\u2019s gonna keep doing what he\u2019s doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yarbrough, meanwhile, entered with a 2.41 ERA in 37 \u00b9\/\u2083 innings against the Yankees and retired 15 of the first 16 batters he saw, with only Anthony Rizzo reaching on a one-out walk in the first.<\/p>\n<p>Rolling out a lineup that was without Giancarlo Stanton (ankle), DJ LeMahieu (left wrist), Josh Donaldson (COVID IL) and Aaron Hicks (hamstring), the Yankees won their third straight game after suffering their first three-game losing streak of the season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve got a resilient team,\u2019\u2019 Judge said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Aaron-Judge-8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Aaron-Judge-8.jpg\" alt=\"Aaron Judge belts an RBI single in the sixth inning of the Yankees&#039; win.\" class=\"wp-image-22432604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Aaron-Judge-8.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Aaron-Judge-8.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Aaron-Judge-8.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Aaron-Judge-8.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Aaron Judge belts an RBI single in the sixth inning of the Yankees\u2019 win.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Matt Carpenter, just released by the Rangers and signed by the Yankees earlier Thursday, led off the sixth by getting hit by a pitch, and the light-hitting Marwin Gonzalez followed with the Yankees\u2019 first hit of the night, a single up the middle to bring up the top of the order.<\/p>\n<p>Judge then singled up the middle to score Carpenter from second and give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.<\/p>\n<p>Rizzo flied out to right for the first out, with Gonzalez moving up to third.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Matt-Carpenter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Matt-Carpenter.jpg\" alt=\"New Yankee Matt Carpenter scores on Aaron Judge&#039;s RBI single in the sixth inning of the Bombers&#039; victory.\" class=\"wp-image-22432610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Matt-Carpenter.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Matt-Carpenter.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Matt-Carpenter.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Matt-Carpenter.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>New Yankee Matt Carpenter scores on Aaron Judge\u2019s RBI single in the sixth inning of the Bombers\u2019 victory.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>With Ryan Thompson in to face Gleyber Torres, Judge stole second.<\/p>\n<p>Torres popped out before Andujar hit a grounder to shortstop. Taylor Walls stumbled and then bounced his throw to first, where Harold Ramirez didn\u2019t get a glove on the ball and it got away, allowing a second run to score on the play, giving the Yankees a 3-0 lead.<\/p>\n<p>The Yankees scored on a wild pitch in the seventh to make it 4-0 before Cortes finally gave up another hit with two outs in the bottom of the inning, as Manuel Margot\u2019s shot to right-center just eluded Judge.<\/p>\n<p>The lefty got Isaac Paredes to ground out to get out of the inning.<\/p>\n<p>The Yankees tacked on three more runs in the ninth courtesy of a Judge sacrifice fly and a run-scoring double by Rizzo.<\/p>\n<p>It was a promising start to an important stretch for the Yankees, who built much of their early success against sub-.500 teams, including going 9-4 against the last-place Orioles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be a part of this was a lot of fun,\u2019\u2019 said Carpenter, who landed in Tampa three hours before the game started and was only in the lineup because Hicks was scratched. \u201cI was thrown right into the fire and tried to put some good at-bats together.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.\u2014 The Yankees entered Tropicana Field to face their stiffest AL East competition battered and bruised \u2014 and on Thursday night, it didn\u2019t matter. 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