For Nestor Cortes and the Brewers, this was more like it. Torpedoed by the Yankees and their unique bats five days earlier in a forgettable Brewers debut, Cortes was in complete command for six innings against slumping Cincinnati on Thursday,

Nestor Cortes had to spent four days sitting around and waiting to redeem himself. And on the fifth day, that's exactly what the Milwaukee Brewers southpaw did. Cortes threw six shutout innings as the Brewers held off the Cincinnati Reds,

Nestor Cortes bounced back from a historically bad start with six innings of one-hit ball, combining with three relievers to pace the Milwaukee Brewers to a 1-0 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday in the opener of a four-game series.