Guardians vs. Yankees Game Highlights (6/4/26) | MLB Highlights

Crowd finally in the Yankee Stadium for a Thursday matinee. The Yankees against the Guardians. The Guardians have won the first two games in this series. They did it big time with the bats in the series opener. Last night, it was a combination of timely hits and really good pitching. The Yankees continue to play the waiting game when it comes to their captain. You want to know the diagnosis and you know he's gone through tests and, you know, there's that, I guess, ultimately the inconclusive part to this point. So, again, I want to know, I think, as much or more than all of you even. Just try and remain patient with it and, you know, hope for the best. Now, Carlos Rodon jogging out to the mound where he will begin his warm-ups. Coming off two pretty good starts. Last one in West Sacramento where he got his first victory since coming back from the offseason surgery. So, big number 55. For the first time in his major league career, David Frye will lead off DH-ing. Swing and a miss on the change. What a series for Ramirez. Six for nine. Three doubles and a home run. Swing and a miss. They finally get Ramirez two away. If you watch Rodon in the first two hitters, you see why he has changed as a pitcher. He used to be hard fastball slider down and in. Frye struck out on a changeup away after he set him up with a slider. So, he has just become a total different pitcher. Swinging 3-0. High fly ball left field. Bellinger shading his eyes from the sun. Puts it away. Nice start, Carlos Rodon. Out to number one. Here's Sonil Martinez. He'll bat right hand. Swing and a miss. Good breaking ball. It's a changeup. That great movement down and in for Martinez. Another strikeout for Rodon. His third. A quick two outs here in the second. First walk issued by Rodon after he retired the first five in a row to start the game. Well, Steven Kwan bats with two down and a runner at first. Swing on line. Driving right center field. Coming on Shuman. Dives. Makes the catch. Good face forward dive by Max Shuman. Great hustle right there by the veteran. Ball on the mound this afternoon for the Guardians is Slade Ciccone making his 13th start of the season. Extremely important start in my opinion here for Slade. Last start did not go necessarily as planned, but he has been making progress in the right direction. You can see some of those face value numbers there. Nothing really to write home about, but if you dive under the hood, there is reason to be very excited for Slade and how he's been continuing that process of work. When I spoke to the guy at the plate, Jazz Chisholm Jr. last night, he said, look, you want everybody on your team to be healthy, to be out there, to be full strength, but things happen. It is up to the rest of the guys to step up. And he cuts and misses. Struck him out. So strikeout number two for Slade Ciccone. One down in the second. Gabby, 263 of five homers. Another quick pitch in for a strike to Jose Caballero. You know, so many times you see pitchers love to quick pitch with two strikes. I love the old quick pitch. He did it again, and that one missed outside. Well, this is, if you remember, this is the guy who likes to play head games, so why not? So why not? Line to right. Right at on-hill Martinez. Two down. Now look at these two. I don't think he liked it too much. Slade's reactions. Hey, man, deal with it. Look at Ciccone. He's off to a good start here with the tough numbers we've set. Swing and a miss. Boy, is Ciccone sharp early today. Two down here in the third. Back to the top of the order in Trent Grisham. He had a broken bat single to lead off the bottom of the first. That's the Yankees' only base runner today. Ciccone has retired eight in a row. Left field. That's going to be another base hit. And it'll go to the wall. Grisham has himself a two-out double. He's using left field a lot more. And, you know, this ball right down the middle, and sometimes you see guys come around and ground it out, stays through it a little bit, and immediately knows it's going down the line. Head down, dig it for two. Here's an RBI opportunity for Ben Rice. Three-two pitch to left. Hitting over. No runs while hit. Ciccone has done the job. All right, here's Jose Ramirez. I feel like the fans back in Brooklyn when they saw Stan Musial coming up. Here goes the man again. And there's a line drive signal to right field. Two more, and we're in business. Jose with his seventh hit in a series, and now a six-game hitting streak. First hit allowed by Rodon. Well, he tried to get it in there, and he just missed in the heart of the plate. See those eyes stay down through that baseball right there. Textbook. Reese flied to left field his first time up. He's going here. Pitches up high, and the throw down is way offline. And Ramirez has steal number 22 on the year. That is the biggest difference between Jose Ramirez and Babe Ruth. Another walk for Reese Hoskins. That's been a key part of his game. That's tagging up. Jose Ramirez will go to third, but now two are out. The batter will be Stuart Fairchild with runners at first and third and two down on the fourth in the scoreless game. Well, this is the time to get your first hit in a Cleveland uniform. Couldn't think of a better time, to be honest with you. Broke his back. There it is, his first hit as a Guardian. Puts Cleveland on top with two outs in the fourth inning as Ramirez comes home. Well, maybe I really do need to go look at some lottery numbers because I'm two for my last two in that. Out of Carlos Rodon, down and away. Give Fairchild some credit. Allowed that ball to travel just enough. I do believe it broke his back, but that's perfect placement. Oh, Paul Goldschmidt leads off. I'm going to hit the other way. Through the hole, right side. Base hit in the right field for Paul Goldschmidt to get things started for the Yankees. Bellinger rips one into center field. It's a base hit. So second time through the order, the first four Yankees, three of them, have hits against Ciccone. There's Jazz Chisholm. Runners go, big jump, throw to third. Not in time, double steal. The veteran Goldschmidt saw that he could get a running start. He did, and Bellinger followed him. Well, this is just the numbers. We talked about how tough it's been, had just to throw out runners, and he just got almost a running jump. You know, Goldschmidt obviously not the fastest guy on the team, but a smart base runner. Just snuck that left foot in there. What a great time for Jazz to be hitting off a righty. You've seen him. You know what he's throwing. Infield's in. I mean, everything in your favor is a hitter. That's going to get at least one run in. Kwon makes the catch, tagging Goldschmidt and Bellinger, and Bellinger is in there, and now he overslides, and he's out. But Goldschmidt does score to tie the game. Jose Ramirez leads off the Cleveland sixth against Carlos Rodon. Game tied at one. Lined and caught there by McMahon. Oh, that's just reaction. It certainly is, and the reaction, you don't have a lot of it. Day games, you kind of pick up the ball late. This ball was at one side, and he reacted to catch it on the other side because the ball actually was hooking. That was 110.5. Well, that'll do it for Carlos Rodon, and Hedrick first out of the bullpen. Edges draws a two-out walk to keep the inning alive, bringing up Brian Rocchio. Driven out to right field. Schumann on the track. Leaps and makes the play at the wall. Took an extra base hit away from Rocchio and ended the inning with that play. Max Schumann with very little room to spare with the wall right there. He makes the catch, and that'll do it for Cleveland and Brian Rocchio. Cody Hoyer on the pitch for the Guardians here in the bottom of the seventh inning, retiring Cody Bellinger on a towering fly ball to center field. And he works a walk, so has 14 stolen bases. Let's see if he's running. Two down here in the bottom of the seven. Brings up McMahon. Big lead. There he goes. No throw. Why even make the throw? Stolen base for Jazz Chisholm. He was 40 feet off the bat. Yeah, he held him and held him and held him. I mean, there's no way he's getting back to first there. Just obviously this bat now has changed for McMahon. Any way you can get a ball to the outfield, Jazz is going to score with two outs in motion on contact. Now it gets away from Hedges, and Jazz goes to third. Breaking ball down in the dirt. You see, just not able to smother it. Went to the side of him. Gives Jazz third base. Ground ball, through for a base hit. Jazz Chisholm scores a big single for McMahon and RBI, and the Yankees take a two-to-one lead. Well, late in the game, these are the at-bats you need. McMahon puts the ball in play hard, finds a hole on the right side. Jazz scores. You don't want to stop here, but at least you've got the lead out of this. The spinner just stays right there. McMahon hits it hard. Finally finds a hole on the right side. This series, with runners in scoring position, Cleveland 10 for 26, and that single, second hit, 15 about for the Yankees. So now Fernando Cruz takes over on the mound for the Yankees. Right-hander specialty, the split-finger fastball. Kyle Manzardo will pinch hit for David Frye. Guardians down a run. Line drive, caught by Jazz Chisholm. One down. Here's Jose Ramirez, switch hitter batting left-handed. One for three today with a single. Popped up, long run for McMahon. In foul territory, makes the play. Reese Hoskins, 0 for 1, a couple of walks. Fly ball, left side of the infield, and Caballero puts it away. Nicely done by Fernando Cruz. 1, 2, 3, and he ate. David Bednar on to try to close this out. Yankees lead 2 to 1. Game number 25 for him. He's given up a .276 batting average. Been a lot of tightrope walking in some of his games. Travis Bozana leading off the top of the ninth for Cleveland. The 2-2. Chop to Bednar. Over to Goldschmidt, one away. The old Baltimore chop. Here's Angel Martinez, 0 for 3. He'll bat left-handed. And the pitch. Jazz Chisholm gobbles it up. Yankees an out away. Quick two outs. Now he's one out away from his 13th save of the year and salvaging the series finale for New York. But Chase DeLauder will pinch hit here for Stewart Fairchild. And this should do it. Chisholm to Goldschmidt. And the Yankees win 2 to 1, and they salvage the final game of this three-game set. So the Yankees spend an afternoon in the Bronx and go home happy.