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Nestor Cortes Struggled Clarke Schmidt Struggled! Though, New York Rallied In 9th Inning As Marwin Gonzalez Got Them Within 1 Run New York Lost 5-4 To Tampa Bay Tuesday In St. Petersburg Florida

Nestor Cortes, Clarke Schmidt struggled!

Nestor Cortes struggled in start!

How?

Nestor Cortes served up 3 home runs!

The inaugural was to Issac Parades who homered to left 360 feet to give Tampa Bay a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the 1st inning. Then Nestor Cortes gave up another home run! This time to Harold Ramirez who homered to left 323 feet to extend Tampa Bay’s lead to 2-0 in the bottom of 1st. inning. Then DJ Lemahieu reached on infield single to second for New York scoring Kyle Higashioka , Marwin Gonzalez tying game up 2-2. . Then Issac Parades homered yet again off New York starter Nestor Cortes this time, to left center 402 feet in the bottom of the 3rd inning giving Tampa Bay a 3-2 lead over New York. Though, Issac Paredes wasn’t done as pitching struggles continued for New York this time, in relief as Issac Paredes homered off Clarke Schmidt who relieved Nestor Cortes extending Tampa Bay’s lead over New York 5-2. Though New York rallied in 9th inning as Marwin Gonalez homered to left 368 feet scoring Gleyber Torres that brought Aaron Judge to the plate with opportunity to tie up the game at 5 runs a piece against Tampa Bay reliever Colin Poche though, Aaron Judge flied out to left center field to Randy Arozarena and that ended the game New York lost To Tampa Bay 5-4 Tuesday in St. Petersburg Florida.

“according to espnapp”

New York manager Aaron Boone had this to say about Nestor Cortes pitching performance!

He was just missing locations, maybe pulling the ball a little bit,”“Just not quite as sharp as we’re accustomed to.”

New York is going prepare to play the finale in St. Petersburg Florida against Tampa Bay on Wednesday night. As New York, Tampa Bay are playing their finale of their three game series Wednesday night in St. Petersburg Florida Jordan Montgomery, Shane Baz are starting!

Jordan Montgomery is a left handed pitcher!

Shane Baz is a right handed pitcher!

Jordan Montgomery comes into the game with a record of 3-1 with an earn run average of 2.72 because When Jordan Montgomery starts for New York he receives receives 2.04 runs per game per start while his teammates the other four starting pitchers in New York’s starting rotation Gerrit Cole, Jameson Taillon , Luis Severino, Nestor Cortes receive 6.39, 5.55 , 4.67 , 3.15 run support per game per start.

Shane Baz comes into the game with a record of 0-1 with an earn run average of 5.40 because he had a rough season debut because he gave up 5 runs on three hits, walked three Minnesota batters on Saturday June 11th 2022. On Friday Shane Baz bounced back by striking out seven dominating in six innings against Baltimore in Baltimore Maryland who like Tampa Bay is a member of the American League East.

Both teams are aiming to win series!

Why?

Because New York won the inaugural game of the series on Tuesday night 4-2 After Gerrit Cole took no hitter To 8th Inning Issac Paredes broke it up making the score 2-1 Aaron Hicks tripled scoring Josh Donaldson, Jose Trevino hit sacrifice fly scoring him New York topped Tampa Bay 4-2.

When?

Monday night!

Where?

St. Petersburg Florida!

Though, before New York won the game 4-2 over Tampa Bay Yandy Diaz grounded out to Clay Holmes Issac Padres scored to make the score 2-1 New York breaking Gerrit Cole’s no- hitter 12 strikeouts then Francisco Mejia went to third base to tie the score up at 2-2 .

“according to espn.com”

Jose Trevino who caught Gerrit Cole’s almost no -hitter had this to say about his start!

“Every night he goes out there, he has the chance to do that. It’s really, really impressive,”The way he prepares, the way he comes out and performs and toes the rubber, I’ve been nothing but impressed with him.”

Gerrit Cole had this to say about his pitching performance about New York mentality!

I’ve had a few good nights before,Honestly, in this situation, I’m just glad we got the win. It takes everybody, so we pick each other up.”

I think we’ve just got a lot of ‘dawg’ in us,”We love to play every pitch. Whether we’re winning or whether we’re losing, it’s just a focus on one pitch at a time. Everybody is kind of taking care of their business for their teammates, really.”

Aaron Judge had this to say about Gerrit Cole’s pitching performance!

He was just cruising; it was a normal Cole day, nothing out of the ordinary,” Judge said. “But I noticed it there in the sixth inning. He’s going to get it here soon. Hopefully I’m playing center when he does.”

Jose Trevino who caught Gerrit Cole’s almost no -hitter had this to say about his start!

“Every night he goes out there, he has the chance to do that. It’s really, really impressive,”The way he prepares, the way he comes out and performs and toes the rubber, I’ve been nothing but impressed with him.”

“according to Bryan Hoch’s article on mlb.com”

Tampa Bay won game two of the series 5-2 on Tuesday night because Issac Paredes three times!

His first home run came in the bottom of 1st inning when he homered to left off New York starting pitcher Nestor Cortes to give Tampa Bay 1-0 lead. Then his teammate Harold Ramirez followed Issac Paredes home run in the first inning with a home run of his own to left his 323 feet to extend Tampa Bay’s lead to 2-0 . Though after Issac Paredes homered in the top of the 1st inning he wasn’t done as he homered yet again in the bottom of third inning to left center 402 feet to give Tampa Bay a 3-2 lead after New York tied the game up at 2-2 as DJ Lemahieu reached on infield to second base scoring Kyle Higashioka , Marwin Gonzalez. Then Issac Paredes homered yet again this time in the bottom of 3rd inning as he homered 402 feet giving Tampa Bay a 3-2 lead . Though, Issac Paredes wasn’t done homering as in the bottom of 5th inning as he homered 372 feet scoring Yandy Diaz extending Tampa Bay’s lead 5-2.

Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash had this to say about Issac Paredes performance offensively!

That's pretty special,That's a day he will not forget.”

“He has a very professional at-bat for not a lot of reps at the big league level,” Cash said. “He goes about his business. He's a pretty quiet guy, but you can tell he knows what he's trying to do when he goes to the plate. Not that he's trying to hit three home runs, but every at-bat, it feels like it's just a very competitive at-bat for him -- and tonight [he] took it to another level.”

Issac Paredes had this to say about his home runs!

“It’s a beautiful thing,”through interpreter Manny Navarro. “I'm glad I was able to experience that.”

Nestor Cortes had this to say about Issac Paredes offensive performance!

“It was his day,”
”according to Adam Berry’s article on mlb.com”

First pitch is set for 7:10pm from Tropicana Field!

The game is going to be televised on Yes, Bally Sports Sun!