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.

Nestor Cortes put his historically bad start against the Yankees in the rear-view mirror by shutting the Reds out over six innings on Thursday night.

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,