When Nestor Cortes spoke to reporters in Yankee Stadium’s visiting clubhouse on Opening Day, he stated that he was “excited” to face his former group within the second sport of the season.
“I want to see where I line up with those guys and hopefully go out there and throw five shutout [innings],” stated Cortes, who was traded from the Yankees to the Brewers over the offseason.
Cortes didn’t come near his purpose on Saturday. In truth, he couldn’t even throw one shutout pitch, because the lefty’s first providing of the day ended up within the visiting bullpen because of first-time leadoff man Paul Goldschmidt.
Miraculously, Cortes’ second and third pitches suffered the identical destiny, as Cody Bellinger and Aaron Choose additionally left the yard. The barrage marked the primary time in franchise historical past that the Yankees clubbed back-to-back-to-back homers to steer off a sport. It additionally pressured a mound go to for Cortes after simply three pitches.
THREE PITCHES, THREE HOMERS.
Paul Goldschmidt, Cody Bellinger, and Aaron Choose hit back-to-back-to-back dwelling runs! pic.twitter.com/BSrNo4MmZt
The Yankees weren’t executed there, although, as Austin Wells added a solo dwelling run earlier than the inning got here to an finish. The Brewers’ coach then made his personal mound go to after that, just for Cortes to remain in as almost each individual in Milwaukee’s pen started to stretch.
The pitcher, now sporting platinum hair and a beard, managed to cease the bleeding after that, a minimum of for the inning. Nonetheless, Anthony Volpe joined the bludgeoning within the second inning, including a three-run homer off Cortes.
