Nestor Cortes' 5.1 innings with two runs allowed is the 14th straight outing by a Yankee hurler to go at least five and allow no more than two runs, the longest streak since the mound was moved to 60 feet, 6 inches.
Every single night you know your starter is giving you some degree of length, which means putting up a bunch of zeros and buying your offense time to see the opposing pitcher a couple of times.
Headed into play on Tuesday, the starting corps had the best ERA in baseball and the fourth-most innings pitched. Gerrit Cole, the best pitcher in baseball, is waiting in the wings to rejoin the rotation...
That bit about needing to see a pitcher a couple times rang true tonight. Juan Soto did kick us off in a strong way: That was Soto's 15th bomb of the season...
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