Opening Day starter Nestor Cortes allowed three runs over four innings and catcher Austin Wells had two hits and drove in a run as the Yankees fell to the Atlanta Braves 5-2 on Thursday in North Port, Fla.
Here are the takeaways...
- Cortes, facing the Braves’ best lineup, froze Ronald Acuna with a cutter on the inside corner for a called strike three to start the first and got Matt Olson to swing through a breaking pitch to end the frame.