Nestor Cortes had an eerily similar start to the one on Opening Day but the Yankees lineup could not pick him up this time as New York fell 7-0 to the Diamondbacks on Tuesday night in Arizona.
The loss was the Yankees’ first of the young season as the team mustered just three hits against Zac Gallen and Arizona’s bullpen
Cortes has given up a combined six runs on eight hits and two walks. The lefty would settle down once again after his rough start, getting in and out of trouble.
As Gerrit Cole said on the YES broadcast, he felt his teammate’s pitches had too much plate and the Diamondback hitters were simply all over them.
In the first inning, Gleyber Torres led off with a walk but was erased on a double play ball from Juan Soto. After an Aaron Judge walk, Anthony Rizzo grounded out. In the second, back-to-back two-out singles from Anthony Volpe and Oswaldo Cabrera were wasted when Jose Trevino struck out swinging.
Trevino then threw to third to try and get the runner but a heads-up play from Cabrera got Barrosa out at first base when he tried to get back after a wide turn.
In the sixth, with one out and men on first and third, Jake McCarthy was picked off trying to steal second. Arizona would not push across a run.
New York’s bullpen has been amazing to start the season, but had one tough inning on Tuesday that broke the game wide open for Arizona.
In the seventh, Victor Gonzalez was the victim of a Cabrera error to start things off. He then walked Blaze Alexander, forcing Aaron Boone to make a change to Jake Cousins.
