Jake Bauers hit a tiebreaking homer with one out in the fifth inning off Justin Verlander and the host New York Yankees recorded a 3-1 victory over the Houston Astros on Saturday afternoon.
Facing Verlander for the second time in less than two weeks, the Yankees scored two runs and got seven hits off the right-hander, who the Astros acquired from the New York Mets at Tuesday's trade deadline. Verlander, who left Houston as a free agent following last season, took his first regular-season defeat to the Yankees since June 19, 2015 with Detroit.
Nestor Cortes and four relievers combined on a one-hitter as the Yankees won for the third time in four games. Cortes got a season-high eight strikeouts, walked one and threw 64 pitches while showing a slight uptick in fastball velocity. Verlander began his 103rd regular season start as an Astro by getting a called third strike on Bauers. He called out a trainer to deal with a bloody knuckle and struck out Giancarlo Stanton with two on to end the first.
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