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As New York, Houston Who Are Leading Their Divisions Are Playing Their Finale Today In Bronx New York Nestor Cortes, Jose Urquidy Who Have Same Records, Different Earn Run Averages Are Starting

As New York, Houston who are leading their divisions are playing their finale today in Bronx New York Nestor Cortes, Jose Urquidy who have same records, different earn run averages are starting.

Nestor Cortes, Jose Uriqidy both come into the finale with a records of 6-3!

Though,

They have different earn run averages because Nestor Cortes comes into the game with an earn run average of 2.31 while Jose Urquidy comes into the finale with an earn run average of 4.68.

“according to espn.com”

In this game New York who comes into the finale, game with a record 52-20 is leading the American League East by 11 games over Toronto who in second place in the American League East is going to be looking avoid their third straight loss to Houston earn split of series in the finale because they lost Friday 3-1 Saturday 3-0 after winning 7-6 Thursday. In New York’s most recent loss on Saturday though, Gerrit Cole started, pitched well verses former team Saturday he made 1 mistake giving up 1 home run to J.J Matijevic.

New York was no hit by Houston pitching!

Where?

Bronx New York!

Why?

Cristian Javier pitched 7.0 innings gave up 0 earned runs, struck out 13 New York batters, walked 1 New York batter.

Then Hector Neris who relieved Cristian Javier pitched 1.0 innings gave up 0 hits, 0 earned runs, though, he walked 2 New York batters . Then Ryan Pressly who relieved Hector Neris pitched 1.0 innings gave up 0 hits, 0 earned runs , 0 walks struck out 2 New York batters.

Relievers struggled in 3-0 loss!

Why?

Michael King who relieved Gerrit Cole pitched 1.0 innings giving up 1 hit, 1 earned run to who? Jose Altuve who homered to left 404 feet walked 1 Houston batter struck 1 hit batter. Then Lucas Luetge who relieved Michael King gave up 3 hits 1 earned run, walked 2 Houston batters struck out 1 Houston batter

Gerrit Cole had this to say to Yes Yankees Clubhouse reporter Meredith Marakovits after New York’s 3-0 loss to Houston after New York was no hit by Houston pitching after being the losing pitcher of record.

"It's just a tough one for the boys, in general... The cold, hard truth is we got outpitched and outplayed"

In this game Houston who comes into the game with a record of 45-26 is leading the American League West by 11.0 games over Texas who in second place in the American League West is also going to be looking to win the series because they’ve won two straight in the series over New York in Bronx New York including Saturday’s game 3-0 because Cristian Javier pitched 7.0 innings gave up 0 hits, 0 earned runs , walked 1 New York batter. Then Hector Neris who relieved Cristian Javier pitched 1.0 innings gave up 0 hits, 0 earned runs. Though, he walked 2 New York batters. Then Ryan Pressly who relieved Hector Neris pitched 1.0 innings gave up 0 hits, 0 earned runs, walked 0 New York batters, struck out 2 New York batters.

Offensively, Houston pitching was supported by a JJ Matijevic home run that went 403 feet to right off former Houston starting pitcher, current New York starting pitcher Gerrit Cole . Then in the 8th inning homered to left off Michael King who relieved Gerrit Cole . Then Yuli Gurriel singled to center scoring Kyle Tucker in the top of the 9th inning off Lucas Luetge who relieved Michael King.

“according to espn.com”

Gerrit Cole had this to say about his pitching performance after New York was no hit by Houston pitching to New York Clubhouse reporter Meredith Marakovits!

It’s just a tough one for the boys,” Cole said. “I thought we played every pitch today. We played really sharp defense. We pitched pretty well, for the most part. The cold hard truth is, we got outpitched and outplayed. Credit to the opponent: It was absolutely a magical day for them.”
New York is now going to prepare to play the finale of the four game series this afternoon in Bronx New York.

Houston Manager Dusty Baker had this to say about his teams performance!

The whole thing of pitching is about control, control, control,Everybody talks about velocity all the time, but velocity without command and control is no good. He was getting ahead of some real good hitters over there. That’s a day he’ll never forget, and us either.”

Houston starting pitcher Cristian Javier had this to say about the no- hitter!

Honestly, I wasn’t even aware how many pitches I had at the moment,”

Houston closer Ryan Pressly had this to say about Houston’s no hitter!

“A no-hitter is pretty special either way, anywhere you do it,The fact that it was here in Yankee Stadium, that’s a really good lineup over there. Those are some good hitters. It’s special, but I think if you throw a no-hitter, in general, it’s going to be special.

“according to Brian McTaggart article on mlb.com”

First pitch is set for 1:37pm if you’re in Eastern Standard Time 12:37pm if you’re in Central Daylight Time!

The game is going to be televised on ATT SportsNet-SW, Yes, Major League Baseball Network!