Yankees need just two hits to beat White Sox

Nestor Cortes followed up his near no-hit bid by pitching a career-high eight dominant innings and the visiting New York Yankees made the most of two hits in a 5-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Sunday afternoon.

Six days after coming within five outs of a no-hitter on Monday against the Texas Rangers, Cortes (2-1) shone again. He took a shutout into the eighth and allowed one run on three hits to lower his ERA to