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As New York, Tampa Bay Are Continuing Their Four Game Series Saturday Afternoon In Bronx New York Nestor Cortes, Taj Bradley Are Starting

As New York the team that wears the pinstripes are continuing their four game Saturday afternoon in Bronx New York Nestor Cortes,Taj Bradley are starting.

Where?

On the mound!

Nestor Cortes, Taj Bradley are different because Nestor Cortes is a left handed starting pitcher! Taj Bradley is a right handed starting pitcher!

Nestor Cortes comes into the game with record of 4-8 with an earn run average of 3.67 because on Thursday July 11, 2024 at Tampa Bay Nestor Cortes pitched 4.1 innings surrendering 7 hits, 5 earned runs, 2 walks while striking out 4 Tampa Bay batters.

Taj Bradley comes into the game with record of 4-4 with an earn run average of 2.90 because on Friday July 12, 2024 verses Cleveland in St. Petersburg Florida Taj Bradley pitched 7.0 innings surrendering 5 hits, 0 earned runs 2 walks while striking out 8 Cleveland batters.

According to https://www.mlb.com/player/nestor-cortes-641482

https://www.mlb.com/player/taj-bradley-671737

As New York the team that wears the pinstripes, Tampa Bay are continuing their four game series Saturday afternoon in Bronx New York New York the team that wears the pinstripes is going to be looking to extend their lead in the series because they come into game two of four game series with record of 59-40 is 1.0 behind Batimore who is leading the American League East with record of 59-38 though they won the first game of four game series 6-1 over Tampa Bay where Juan Soto was 4-4.

Juan Soto going 4-4 in New York’s 6-1 win over Tampa Bay Friday offensively supported Gerrit Cole who started who pitched 6.0 innings surrendering 6 hits, 1 earned run , 1 walk while striking out 8 Tampa Bay batters. Tommy Kahnle who relieved Gerrit Cole who pitched 1.0 innings surrendering 0 hits, 0 earned runs , 0 walks while striking out 2 Tampa Bay batters . Jake Cousins who is the cousin of NFL quarterback Atlanta Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins. Caleb Ferguson who relieved Jake Cousins who pitched 1.0 innings surrendering 1 hit, 0 earned runs , 0 walks while striking out 1 Tampa Bay batter.

According to espn app

Following Juan Soto going 4-4 in New York’s 6-1 win over Tampa Bay Friday New York the team that wears the pinstripes manager Aaron Boone had this to say about his team about the MLB season!

“We’re not totally at the sprint point of the season, but almost 100 games into this thing now,”

“We’ve gone through a tough stretch that we certainly acknowledge and know we need to play better. I feel like on that trip, it started, and hopefully we’ll turn the corner and get back rolling.”

Following Juan Soto going 4-4 in New York’s 6-1 win over Tampa Bay Friday Gerrit Cole who started who pitched 6.0 innings surrendering 6 hits, 1 earned run , 1 walk while striking out 8 Tampa Bay batters had this to say about his start about New York the team that wears the pinstripes right fielder Juan Soto going 4-4!

I had a little bit of everything working,”“Once we got a lead, we started attacking the zone. It was pretty good. There were a few deep counts after the third; I’d like to get those outs a little bit more efficiently, but for the most part it was pretty good.”

Man, he’s worth the price of admission, to say the least,”What a magnificent hitter.”

Following Juan Soto going 4-4 in New York’s 6-1 win over Tampa Bay Friday New York the team that wears the pinstripes right fielder Juan Soto had this to say!

I just hit mistakes,”“I think he threw a couple of mistakes, and I just hammered it.”

According to Bryan Hoch MLB article https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/juan-soto-has-4-hits-as-yankees-beat-rays

In game two of four game series Tampa Bay comes into the game with a record of 48-49 is 11.0 games back of Baltimore who is leading the American League East with record of 59-38 is going to be looking to even up the series because Tampa Bay lost the opening game of four game series Friday 6-1 because the only run offensively produced was a home run by second baseman Brandon Lowe who was designated hitter Friday in top of 6th inning and it wasn’t enough offensively support Zach Eflin who started who pitched 5.0 innings surrendering 7 hits , 4 earned runs , 4 walks while striking out 5 New York the team that wears the pinstripes batters . Sean Armstrong who relieved Zach Eflin who pitched 1.0 innings surrendering 2 hits, 1 earned run, 0 walks while striking out 2 New York the team that wears the pinstripes batters . Garrett Clevinger who relieved Sean Armstrong who pitched 1.0 innings surrendering 0 hits, 0 earned runs , 1 walk while striking out 1 New York the team that wears the pinstripes batter .Manuel Rodriguez who relieved Garrett Clevinger who pitched 1.0 innings surrendering 0 hits, 0 earned runs , 1 walk while striking out 0 New York the team that wears the pinstripes batters.

According to espn app

Following Tampa Bay’s 6-1 loss to New York the team that wears the pinstripes Friday in Bronx New York Tampa Bay left fielder Randy Arozarena who was 1-4 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in had this to say about New York the team that wears the pinstripes starting pitcher Gerrit Cole who pitched 6.0 innings surrendering 6 hits, 1 earned run , 1 walk while striking out 8 Tampa Bay batters!

I thought Cole did a good job in that game.He dominated us pretty well,” Arozarena said through interpreter Manny Navarro. “But I don't think we have anything to worry about. It's the second half. We need to go in and just continue with that same energy and just keep on going.”

Following Tampa Bay’s 6-1 loss to New York the team that wears the pinstripes Friday in Bronx New York Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash had this to say about how his team is playing defensively right now!

“Randy bobbled the ball and then airmailed the cutoff man. Richie's trying to make a play,”We just didn't make two good throws right there. We've been pretty good on defense here as of late. Tonight was not our best.”

Following Tampa Bay’s 6-1 loss to New York the team that wears the pinstripes Friday in Bronx New York Tampa Bay starting pitcher Zach Eflin who pitched 5.0 innings surrendering 7 hits, 4 walks while striking out 5 New York the team that wears the pinstripes had this to say!

On all those walks, I felt like I was missing [by] an inch or two. It's hard to be [ticked] at it,”Not happy with it, but at the end of the day, I was missing by half an inch, an inch. They put some good ABs on me and capitalized when they needed to.”

According to Adam Berry MLB article https://www.mlb.com/rays/news/zach-eflin-walks-4-as-rays-lose-to-yankees

First pitch is set for 1:05pm from Yankee Stadium!

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