Nestor Cortes pitches 7 scoreless in win over Guardians

THE BRILLIANT OUTING. >> TESTER, AARON SAID BEFORE THE GAME, IT'S YOUR FASTBALL COMMAND AND LIFE OF YOUR STUFF THAT LEADS TO YOUR SUCCESS. WHAT HAS IT BEEN THESE LAST TWO OUTINGS? >> OBVIOUSLY THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE YEAR, YOU HAVE TO TWEAK AND YOU HAVE TO ALMOST REINVENT YOURSELF THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE SEASON, IT'S A LONG SEASON FOR STATERS AND I FEEL LIKE I'VE FOUND A LITTLE SOMETHING THE LAST TWO AND HOPEFULLY I CONTINUE TO DO SO. >> YOU WERE HEAVY ON THE CHANGEUP IN CHICAGO, TONIGHT IT WAS MORE FOUR SEAM AND CUTTER. WAS THAT KIND OF WHAT YOU WERE TALKING, KIND OF ADJUSTING. OBVIOUSLY WITH DIFFERENT TEAMS ARE DIFFERENT GAME PLANS. MAYBE SOMETHING IS WORKING TONIGHT THAT MAYBE THE GAME PLAN WAS THE CHANGEUP. IT'S KIND OF CAT AND MOUSE WHEN YOU'RE OUT THERE. THEY ALWAYS KNOW HOW GOOD A TEAM THEY ARE. >> YOU'RE JUST THE FIFTH TEAM IN YANKEE HISTORY TO GO BACK-TO-BACK STARTS WITH SEVEN INNINGS AND NO WALKS. >> GOOD COMPANY. JUST TRYING TO DO MY JOB AND PERFORM FOR THE GUYS THAT ARE BEHIND ME. AND THAT'S WHAT I TRIED TO DO TODAY. >> I KNOW THIS IS KIND OF A NIGHTLY QUESTION, BUT DOES IT EVER GET OLD WATCHING WHAT JUAN SOTO AND AARON JUDGE DO? >> NEVER. AFTER THAT BEING UP 2-0, THAT ALLOWS ME TO THROW STRIKES AND BE AGGRESSIVE IN THE ZONE. WE'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL WITH THE NAILERS. NO THEY DO HIT A SOLE HOE HOMER, WE'RE UP A RUN. IT'S ALWAYS FUN WHEN THOSE GUYS ARE UP AND WE KNOW WE HAVE A CHANCE TO SCORE. IT GIVES US HOPE TO WIN THE GAME. >> I WOULDN'T SAY CHANGE, IT'S MORE BEING COMFORTABLE OUT THERE, BEING MENTALLY PREPARED, JUST STAYING POSITIVE THROUGHOUT THAT LITTLE RUN THAT I HAD THAT THINGS WEREN'T FALLING MY WAY. I FELT LIKE THOSE THREE OR FOUR OUTINGS THAT I WASN'T FINISHING GAMES WHERE I WANTED TO. FELT LIKE IT WAS JUST A PITCH OR AN OUT OR AN INNING THAT WENT SIDEWAYS FOR ME AND HAD A BLOWUP INNING AND THAT'S WHERE THINGS WENT WRONG TO ME. TRYING TO STAY AS POSITIVE AS I CAN THROUGHOUT THIS. HOPEFULLY I KEEP DOING THAT. >> WE LOOK AT THAT, WE KNOW WHERE WE ARE. WE KNOW, I FEEL LIKE THE STANDINGS AND WHO HAS THE BEST RECORD AND WHO DOESN'T BUT FOR ME TODAY, IT WAS LIKE OK, WE THREW OUT ALL OF OUR PITCHES TODAY. I KNOW I GOT TO GO DEEP IN GAMES. THAT'S MY JOB. FOR ME TO DO THAT TODAY AND GO SEVEN STRONG WAS HUGE FOR US. >> IT'S FUNNY STANDING NEXT TO STROMAN IN THE DUGOUT. HE'S LIKE OH, MAN, THIS GUY IS INCREDIBLE. I WATCHED THIS IN 2022 ALL YEAR. I FELT LIKE EVERY TIME HE WAS UP TO BAT, IT WAS EITHER A HOMER OR A WALK AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW. I MEAN, IT SPEAKS TO WHAT HE IS AND WHO AND WHAT DOES HE, AND THE WAY HE GOES ABOUT HIS GAME, YOU KNOW, HE COMES HERE EVERY SINGLE DAY PREPARED AND READY TO WORK AND HE PUTS EVERYBODY ON HIS BACK AND WE'RE READY TO ROCK. >> YOU SAW IT WITH JUDGE TWO YEARS AGO, YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT WITH JUAN SOTO AS A TEAMMATE. >> WITH SOTO? I'VE SAID IT TO THE MEDIA AND EVERYBODY I KNOW. WATCHING HIM FROM AFFAIR IS IMPRESSIVE BECAUSE YOU KNOW HOW IMPRESSIVE HE IS, BUT WATCHING HIM HERE PREPARE EVERY DAY, THAT'S WHAT STANDS OUT, PREPARING EVERY DAY. WHAT HE'S DONE THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER AND I'M SURE HE'S GOING TO DO REALLY WELL MOVING FORWARD. BEING 25 AND BEING THAT PREPARED AND JUST KNOWING WHAT KIND OF PITCH HE LIKES TO HIT ALL THE TIME AND DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S TO LEFT CENTER OR RIGHT CENTER OR RIGHT FIELD, HE'S GOINGS TO HIT THE BALL HARD. >> I DON'T KNOW THE BATTING STATS THAT PEOPLE GO BY. IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE HE'S GETTING WALKED MORE. EARLIER I FELT HE WAS GETTING WALKED MORE TOWARD THE END. I FEEL LIKE HE'S BEEN GETTING WALKS FOR A MONTH INTENTIONALLY OR JUST PITCHING AROUND HIM AND HE'S BEING PATIENT. HE'S KIND OF WAITING FOR HIS PITCH TO HIT. I MEAN, HE'S HITTING WHAT, 330 NOW, 335, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. HIS SEASON CAN END RIGHT NOW AND IT COULD BE A REALLY GOOD SPECIAL YEAR FOR HIM. WITH A MONTH LEFT, A MONTH AND 10 DAYS, WHATEVER IT IS, IT'S GOING TO BE FUN TO WATCH DOWN THE STRETCH. >> IF YOU HAVE HAD TO PITCH TO HIM, HOW WOULD YOU ATTACK HIM? >> I'D PUT UP MY FOUR FINGERS. HE'S A GREAT HITTER. IT'S TOUGH TO FACE A GUY REICH THAT. THERE'S NOBODY