The Milwaukee Brewers placed left-hander Nestor Cortes on the 15-day injured list with a flexor strain in his left elbow, further depleting the team’s starting pitching

The Milwaukee Brewers placed left-hander Nestor Cortes on the 15-day injured list Sunday with a flexor strain in his pitching elbow.

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,