The Yankees lost to the Rays 4:5 in the major leagues today. Nestor Cortes, the starting left-hander who has been outstanding this season, gave up 4 runs and 3 hits in just 4.1 innings. Among them, Rays rookie Isaac Paredes gave him two home runs, and today Paredes even hit three at-bats. Although the Yankees chased hard in the last inning, they still lost by 1 point. Cortez suffered his third loss of the season and his ERA has now risen to 2.31.
Isaac Paredes hits his 2nd BIGFLY of the game
Tampa Bay Ray takes 3-2 lead in the 3rd innings pic.twitter.com/YXGlgDjl5Z— ClutchPoints MLB (@ClutchpointsMLB) June 22, 2022
Cortes has had a stellar season, Become a bandit Gerrit Cole was a widely used starting pitcher, but today he faced a catastrophe in the first inning. He was hit by Rays second pitcher Paredes and third pitcher Harold Ramirez in a "back-to-back" game. "The home run cost him 2 points in one breath. However, teammate DJ LeMahieu immediately recovered the points in the 2nd inning. But in the 3rd inning, Cortes was knocked out by Paredes again. In just 3 innings, it was painful. Suffered 3 bombs.
html In the 34th inning, Cortez finally stabilized and allowed the Rays' batters to hit fly balls. He performed three on and three outs. The coach continued to let him play in the 5th inning, but he was knocked out by Yandy Diaz. What was even worse was Replacement pitcher Clarke Schmidt still couldn't escape Paredes' vicious attack. The first pitch was thrown out of center field, and one of the two runs was scored by Cortez. Paredes hit three games in a row in this game. (Every player in the game) hit a home run and had 4 RBIs, making it a nightmare for Yankee pitchers.
Marwin González smacks a two-run bomb with two out in the ninth! The Yankees are still alive! pic.twitter.com/ik5JB1t6Zv
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But the Yankees did not give up, launching in the 9th inning On the counterattack horn, Gleyber Torres hit 4 consecutive bad balls. After 2 outs, second baseman Marwin Gonzalez hit a 2-run cannon at the right time, chasing the score to 1 point. At that time, "Judge" Judge came on the bench and tried to play the hero. Unexpectedly, he made a fly ball without picking a ball and was thrown out. The game ended there, but Judge still maintained a 30% batting average.
