Justin Verlander began his second stint with the Astros by pitching seven solid innings, but he gave up a go-ahead homer to Jake Bauers that sent the Yankees to a victory Saturday.
— Justin Verlander began his second stint with the Houston Astros by pitching seven solid innings, but he gave up a go-ahead homer to Jake Bauers that sent theGleyber Torres also went deep for New York, and Nestor Cortes struck out a season-high eight over four innings during an encouraging return to the mound following two months on the injured list.
"It was a battle, the first three innings," Verlander said."I was kind of all over the place control-wise. Not exactly sure why, but I was able to rein it in, make some better pitches and keep us in the ballgame. So definitely felt better after the last few innings." "It felt oddly familiar," said Verlander, who pitched in the Bronx for the Mets on July 25."It was like this moment of time that I wasn't here. It was really only three months because I missed the first month with injury.
"I thought we had good at-bats against Verlander," Yankees manager Aaron Boone said."He was struggling to find his good command early. I thought we waited him out, hit some balls on the nose. Then he kind of really settled in and started making pitches." The Astros fell to 11-6 in their last 17 games and struck out 16 times — one shy of their season high.Cortes returned from a rotator cuff strain and was limited to 64 pitches following two rehab outings. He showed a slight uptick in fastball velocity in his first big league start since May 30 in Seattle.
Verlander began his 103rd regular-season start with the Astros by getting a called third strike on Bauers. He called out a trainer to deal with a bloody knuckle and struck out LeMahieu with two on to end the first.
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