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As New York, Boston Are Starting Four Game Series Thursday Night In Bronx New York Nestor Cortes, Cooper Criswell Are Starting On The Mound

As New York the team that wears the pinstripes, Boston are starting four game series Thursday night in Bronx New York Nestor Cortes, Cooper Criswell are starting on the mound.

Nestor Cortes Nestor Cortes, Cooper Criswell are starting on the mound. Nestor Cortes, Cooper Criswell are different because Nestor Cortes is a left handed starting pitcher. Cooper Criswell is a right handed starting pitcher!

Nestor Cortes comes into the game with record of 9-10 with an earn run average of 3.97 because on Saturday September 7, 2024 at Chicago (Cubs ) Nestor Cortes got the win pitching 4.1 innings surrendering 0 hits, 0 earned runs, 1 walk while striking out 3 Chicago (Cubs) batters.

Cooper Criswell comes into the game with record of 6-4 with an earn run average of 4.11 because on the same Nestor Cortes got the win at Chicago (Cubs) Cooper Criswell got the win when opposing Chicago (White Sox) in Boston Massachusetts pitching 5.0 innings surrendering 6 hits, 2 earned runs, 2 walks while striking out 0 Chicago (White Sox) batters.

Though, could mother nature prevent Nestor Cortes, Cooper Criswell from making their starts as scheduled?

There isn’t a possibility of that happening because at first pitch it’s Sunny with 0 % chance of rain before it turns clear with 0 % chance of rain an hour following first pitch at 9:00pm 10:00pm 10:15pm when the game is likely, supposed to be over.

According to Accuweather on ESPN App

New York the team that wears the pinstripes is a member of the American League East comes into the first game of four game series with Boston who like New York the team that wears the pinstripes is a member of the American League East with a record of 84-62 has a 1.5 game lead on Baltimore in the American League East because they won two out of three game when opposing Kansas City in Bronx New York including the finale 4-3 Wednesday as Jazz Chisholm Jr. who is New York the team that wears the pinstripes third baseman reached on infield single to Bobby Witt Jr. in bottom of 11th inning Wednesday scoring Jon Berti New York the team that wears the pinstripes topped Kansas City 4-3 in Bronx New York.

Before New York the team that wears the pinstripes topped Kansas City 4-3 on Jazz Chisholm’s single to Bobby Witt Jr Kansas City took a 1-0 lead on Michael Mssay’s home run to right 375 feet off in top of 4th inning off New York the team that wears the pinstripes starting pitcher Luis Gil before Juan Soto hit 2-run home run to right scoring New York the team that wears the pinstripes second Gleyber Torres following fouling ball off his foot remaining in game giving New York the team that wears the pinstripes a 2-1 lead before Kansas City would go on to even the game 2-2 in top of 7th inning as first baseman Salvador Perez would hit sacrifice fly to left scoring center fielder Kyle Isbel . In the top of 10th inning Kansas City right fielder Dairon Blanco would score on New York the team that wears the pinstripes reliever Jake Cousins wild pitch giving Kansas City a 3-2 lead before New York the team that wears the pinstripes catcher Austin Wells would hit sacrifice fly to left scoring shortstop Anthony Volpe.

According to ESPN App

Offensively Jazz Chisholm Jr. reaching on infield single to Bobby Witt Jr. in bottom of 11th inning offensively supported Luis Gil who started who Luis Gil who started who pitched 5.0 innings surrendering 5 hits, 1 earned run , 2 walks while striking out 5 Kansas City batters . Tim Hill who relieved Luis Gil who pitched 1.0 innings surrendering 1 hit, 0 earned runs, 0 walks while striking out 0 Kansas City batters . Tommy Kahnle who relieved Tim Hill who pitched 1.0 innings surrendering 0 hits, 0 earned runs , 0 walks while striking out 1 Kansas City batter . Jake Cousins who is cousin NFL quarterback Atlanta Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins who pitched 1.1 innings surrendering 0 hits, 0 earned runs , 2 walks while striking out 1 Kansas City batter . Luke Weaver who relieved Jake Cousins who pitched 1.2 innings surrendering 0 hits, 0 earned runs , 0 walks while striking out 3 Kansas City batters.

Following Jazz Chisholm Jr. reaching on infield single e to Bobby Witt Jr. in bottom of 11th inning Wednesday scoring Jon Berti New York the team that wears the pinstripes manager Aaron Boone had this to say about Jazz Chisholm Jr. reaching on infield single to Bobby Witt Jr about his teams performance when opposing Kansas City!

He got it off the barrel to get it just enough out of the reach of Witt there. Just a real quality at-bat in that situation.”This is a big series win for us against a really good club over there, that threw a lot of good pitching at us,“A lot of guys did a lot of really good things tonight in a game where runs were hard to come by.”

I was really pleased that he didn’t get too big. He kept it real simple,”He got it off the barrel to get it just enough out of the reach of Witt there. Just a real quality at-bat in that situation.”

I was really pleased that [Chisholm] didn’t get too big. He kept it real simple,”“He got it off the barrel to get it just enough out of the reach of Witt there. Just a real quality at-bat in that situation.”

Following Jazz Chisholm Jr. reaching on infield single e to Bobby Witt Jr. in bottom of 11th inning Wednesday scoring Jon Berti Jazz Chisholm Jr. had this to say!

It just takes heart,”“We know we’re not playing to our ability right now. Nobody’s hot right now; Cap [Aaron Judge] cooled off a little bit [15 games without a homer, tying his career-long from 2017]. Soto went into a little rut. But this is how you stay together. This is a championship team, and this is what we do. We grind it out.”

Following Jazz Chisholm Jr. reaching on infield single e to Bobby Witt Jr. in bottom of 11th inning Wednesday scoring Jon Berti Juan Soto who is New York the team that wears the pinstripes right field who fouled a ball off his foot then scored New York the team that wears the pinstripes second baseman Gleyber Torres had this to say!

It was a lot of pain, but at the end of the day, I tried to focus on that at-bat,”Sometimes when you hit yourself like that, you go away a little bit. I tried to just focus, take my time and go in there and make good contact.”“It’s part of the game; you really get mad when you hit yourself,”When you come through like that, it just feels [like there is] a little relief.”

According to Bryan Hoch MLB article https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/juan-soto-fouls-ball-off-foot-then-homers?t=extra-innings-coverage

According to Bill Ladson’s MLB article https://www.mlb.com/royals/news/bobby-witt-jr-cole-ragans-unable-to-save-royals-vs-yankees

Boston like New York the team that wears the pinstripes is a member of the American League East comes into the first game of four game series with record of 74-72 is in third place in the American League East 10.0 games back of New York the team that wears the pinstripes though they won two out of three games over Baltimore in Boston Massachusetts including the finale in extra inning 5-3 where Tyler O’Neil who is Boston’s left fielder, right fielder hit home run to left center scoring left fielder, center fielder Jared Duran. Romy Gonazalez Boston’s first baseman, second baseman who was pinch hitter.

Offensively Tyler O’Neil’s home run offensively supported Nick Pivetta who started who pitched 6.0 innings surrendering 4 hits , 1 earned run, 1 walk while striking out 9 Baltimore batters. Chris Martin who relieved Nick Pivetta who pitched 1.0 innings surrendering 1 hit, 0 earned runs , 0 walks while striking out 1 Baltimore batter. Justin Slaten who relieved Chris Martin who pitched 1.0 innings surrendering 1 hit, 1 earned run , 0 walks , while striking out 0 Baltimore batters . Kenley Jansen who relieved Justin Slaten surrendering 1 hit, 0 earned runs , 0 walks while striking out 0 Baltimore batters. Greg Weissert who is a former New York the team that wears the pitcher who relieved Kenley Jansen who pitched 1.0 innings surrendering 1 hit, 0 earned runs , 0 walks while striking out 0 Baltimore batters.

Following Boston’s 5-3 win over Baltimore Wednesday in Boston Massachusetts Boston manager Alex Cora had this to say about the race for postseason about Boston’s pitching, Nick Pivetta who started who pitched 6.0 innings surrendering 4 hits , 1 earned run, 1 walk while striking out 9 Baltimore batters!

“It’s getting harder and harder, but it’s realistic,” manager Alex Cora said of the postseason race.We just won a series against one of the best teams in the big leagues. Obviously, in our situation, it’s not enough. We’ve got to continue.”

We’ve been pitching, which is awesome. Hopefully, at one point we start hitting again. Just grind out the game and we took advantage of one mistake, and T.O. put a good swing on it.

“We obviously needed this one. Hopefully, it’s the beginning of something big.”

With Nick, if you look at the last few years here, in September, he always finishes strong,”He loves to compete, that’s the cool thing about him. He’ll be ready for the next one.”

Following Boston’s 5-3 win over Baltimore Wednesday in Boston Massachusetts Nick Pivetta who who started who pitched 6.0 innings surrendering 4 hits , 1 earned run, 1 walk while striking out 9 Baltimore batters had this to say about his start!

“I was able to execute the pitches,”who relied heavily on his fastball and breaking ball. “So, it gave me a lot more room to continue to go through with that game plan. I was staying ahead of the count, throwing strikes. I was able to do what I needed to do.”

According to Craig Forde MLB article https://www.mlb.com/redsox/news/red-sox-walk-off-against-orioles-in-10-innings

First pitch is set for 7:15pm from Yankee Stadium!

The game is going to be televised on Fox with Joe Davis , John Smoltz, Ken Rosenthal commentating!