NEW YORK — Brewers manager Pat Murphy saw some positives from his team in their 20-9 loss to the Yankees on Saturday, but he was appropriately blunt about the final result. “What would you call that?” Murphy asked after reporters filed into his office, taking a beat. “An old-fashioned ass-whoopin’?” The Brewers didn’t just allow 20 runs, falling to 0-2 on the season.
Their pitchers gave up nine home runs in the bashing, a new single-game franchise record for the Yankees. Left-hander Nestor Cortes, who was making his Brewers debut and facing his old team , dug his club into a hole early. The Yankees homered on the first three pitches from Cortes in the first inning, something that’s never happened before in MLB history.
Fastball to Paul Goldschmidt. Boom, a towering shot to left-center, Goldschmidt’s first home run in pinstripes. Another fastball to Cody Bellinger.
See ya, a no-doubter to right-center, Bellinger’s first homer in a Yankees uniform. And a cutter to Aaron Judge. It was gone as soon as Judge made contact, a 468-foot missile to left that sent a sellout crowd in the Bronx into a frenzy.
“Yankees are a powerhouse,” Murphy said. “They go to the World Series last year? I think they did and they did some good things. I’ve been watching [Cody] Bellinger and [Paul] Goldschmidt for a long time.
I know a little bit about how good they are. And that big giant, that kid’s good, right?” Easy as 1, 2, 3. #AllRise 👨⚖️ pic.
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