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New York Starter Nestor Cortes, New York Reliever Clarke Schmidt, New York's Defense, Offense Struggled In 8-1 Loss To Minnesota Wednesday Night In Minneapolis

It was a struggle in every way for New York in their game at Minnesota on Wednesday night.

New York starter Nestor Cortes, New York reliever Clarke Schmidt, New York defense, New York’s offense struggled in 8-1 loss to Minnesota in Minneapolis Wednesday night.

Nestor Cortes struggled giving up 4 earned runs while striking 3 Minnesota batters in 4.1 innings pitched. One of the runs given up by Nestor Cortes that included Byron Buxton homering to center field. Though, that wasn’t the only home run given up by Nestor Cortes as Ryan Jeffers homered to left field 440 feet to at the time extend Minnesota’s lead to 3-1.

New York manager Aaron Boone had this to say about Minnesota’s offense, Nestor Cortes!

They made him throw some pitches, but he was dictating counts, getting ahead,“I thought he was really sharp, and then Buxton put together a long at-bat against him in that fourth to start out that inning, gets the base hit in the hole. … I don’t think he was not sharp that inning, but it was a long inning. They got some breaks there.”

“according to Bryan Hall’s article on espn.com”

Clarke Schmidt struggled in 1.2 innings pitched giving up 3 hits, 4 earned runs , 2 walks while striking out 2 Minnesota batters.

“according to espn.com”

New York’s defense struggled because Giancarlo Stanton had a few misplays in right field that extended innings.

New York’s offense struggled because DJ Lemahieu was 0-3 with 0 runs batted in 1 runs batted in , Aaron Judge was 0-3 with 0 runs , 0 runs batted in, 1 walk. Anthony Rizzo was 0-4 with 0 runs, 0 runs batted in, 0 walks , Giancarlo Stanton was 0-3 with with 0 runs, 0 runs batted in 1, walk , Josh Donaldson was 1-3 with with 0 runs, 0 runs batted in , 1 walk. Gleyber Torres was 0-3 with 0 runs, 0 runs batted in, 1 walk, Aaron Hicks was 2-3 with 1 run, Isiah Kiner -Falefa was 0-3 with 0 runs, 0 runs batted in, 0 walks, Kyle Higashioka was 1-3 with 0 runs, 0 runs batted in 0 walks.

“according to espn app”

New York is now going to prepare to play their finale against Minnesota tonight in Minneapolis!

Gerrit Cole is going to be starting for New York, opposing Dylan Bundy!

Gerrit Cole, Dylan Bundy are alike because they are both right handed starting pitchers!

Gerrit Cole comes into the finale with a record of 5-1 with an earn run average of 2.78.

Dylan Bundy comes into the finale with a record of 3-3 with an earn run average of 5.57.

“according to espn.com”

First pitch is set for 7:40pm from Target Field!

The game is going to be televised on Bally Sports North, Major League Baseball Network, Yes!