Michael Kay, YES hosts eviscerate Aaron Boone over costly Nestor Cortes decision

Aaron Boone blew it.

That was nan information of Michael Kay and his YES Network compatriots regarding Boone’s questionable determination to bring Nestor Cortes successful during nan bottommost of nan 10th inning successful what became a Yankees’ 6-3, 10-inning nonaccomplishment to nan Dodgers successful Game 1 of nan World Series successful Los Angeles.

With runners connected first and 2nd and 1 out, Boone decided to return retired righty Jake Cousins and spell pinch Nestor Cortes, who hadn’t sounded successful a crippled since Sept. 18, to look Shohei Ohtani.

Cortes sewage Ohtani to alert retired to near field, acknowledgment to an unthinkable drawback by Alex Verdugo, who fell retired of play successful near section but held connected to nan ball, a la Derek Jeter’s celebrated moving drawback into nan stands against nan Red Sox successful 2004.

Boone past intentionally walked Mookie Betts to load nan bases truthful Cortes could look lefty slugger Freddie Freeman.

Freeman sat connected a first-pitch fastball and made Cortes and nan Yankees pay, blasting nan game-winning expansive slam.

After nan sadistic loss, Michael Kay ripped Boone’s determination and said he should person gone pinch lefty Tim Hill, who was warming up successful nan bullpen astatine nan aforesaid clip arsenic Cortes.

Ohtani entered his at-bat going only 2-for-12 against Cortes, but Kay still wasn’t buying nan decision.

“I don’t attraction what nan numbers opportunity astir Nestor Cortes [against Ohtani],” Kay said. “He hadn’t sounded since September 18. Those numbers against Ohtani were each 5 days [with Cortes arsenic a starter].

“Tim Hill has been lights retired for nan Yankees,” Kay added. “That’s nan feline you bring in. I don’t attraction astir sim games. I don’t attraction really he looked successful nan bullpen. That did not look to beryllium nan move to make.”

Jack Curry past brought up nan truth that Freeman told Fox’s Ken Rosenthal afterward that he was hunting a first-pitch fastball, and that was what Cortes gave him successful trying to get up of nan count.

Kay and Curry besides said Boone’s determination to propulsion a ascendant Gerrit Cole aft conscionable 88 pitches was nan incorrect move because it pushed everyone successful nan bullpen to travel successful sooner.

It wounded nan Yankees successful nan end.

Kay said nan Yankees blew a large chance to return advantage of a beardown commencement by their ace, who was pulled aft giving up a azygous to nan first batter successful nan seventh inning contempt allowing conscionable 1 run.

Follow The Post’s sum of nan Yankees successful nan postseason:

• Yankees suffer Game 1 connected walk-off expansive slam
• Fan interferes pinch near-homer successful arguable play
• Aaron Judge fails to present again successful clutch successful Game 1
• Giancarlo Stanton’s basking postseason continues pinch two-run homer

“When you get a commencement for illustration you did retired of Gerrit Cole, you sewage to triumph that game,” Kay said, referring to nan Bombers’ ace. “This is nan logic he’s connected nan team. Major League Baseball teams don’t person Gerrit Coles, each of them don’t, immoderate do. The Yankees person one, well-rested and sounded [six] really beardown innings. Probably should person gone longer and you suffer that game. This 1 stings.”

Regarding nan ill-fated Cortes decision, Curry said it wasn’t a 2nd guess, but a “first guess” by him and his Yankees broadcast colleagues who questioned nan telephone correct erstwhile it was made.

John Flaherty said this was a “brutal” nonaccomplishment for nan Yankees because of really aggressively some teams utilized their bullpens.

“Whoever mislaid this crippled is going to beryllium emotion it tomorrow night,” Flaherty said. “Unfortunately for nan Yankees, it’s going to beryllium them.”