The Yankees traded Nestor Cortes for closer Devin Williams in the offseason, and the crafty lefty had a rude homecoming on Saturday.
Pitching for the Brewers against his former team, Cortes proceeded to give up three home runs on three pitches. First baseman Paul Goldschmidt, leading off for the first time in his career, started the barrage with a 413-foot blast into the Milwaukee bullpen.
1st pitch swinging.
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Cody Bellinger, another first-year Yankee, followed with his own solo shot, clearing the Yankee bullpen into the right field bleachers.