The post Padres’ Nestor Cortes reacts to exorcising Dodgers demons appeared first on ClutchPoints. San Diego Padres starting pitcher Nestor Cortes put together an incredible start on Saturday, in a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Cortes threw six innings of one-hit ball, to help lift San Diego to a 5-1 victory.

Nestor Cortes had one of the lowest moments of his baseball life last October when he gave up the first walk-off grand slam in World Series history to Freddie Freeman

Nestor Cortes is a filler the Padres felt they needed. In his fourth start since being acquired at the trade deadline, Cortes took a perfect game into the sixth inning and helped lift his new team back into first place alone in the National League West.