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The All-Star lefty on the Yankees is back to being an empty Nestor.
Nestor Cortes twirled six shutout innings — receiving credit for the first complete game and shutout of his career — in the Yanks’ rain-shortened 2-0 victory over the Red Sox at the Stadium on Sunday night.
Aaron Judge was unable to connect for his AL record-tying home run during the four-game series, but Cortes allowed only one hit to lower his ERA for the season to 2.56 over 151 innings, leaving him 11 innings shy of the necessary 162 to qualify for the American League ERA leaders, with likely two starts remaining over the Yanks’ final 10 regular-season games.
“It’s incredible. Obviously you know the history, Yankee history, and all the great pitchers that ran through this building and the old Yankee Stadium, and it’s an honor to be on that list,” Cortes said following his sixth scoreless start of the season, but first since July 24. “For me to pitch the way I pitch and try to compete the way I compete every single day I’m out there, I just try to give my team a chance to win that game.
