Cleveland Guardians at New York Yankees: Final Score & Recap
Line Score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 1 |
| NYY | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
The Story
The Cleveland Guardians handed the New York Yankees a 9-4 defeat at Yankee Stadium on June 2, 2026, erasing what the DiamondIQ model had calculated as a 58% pre-game home win probability for New York and reducing it to zero by the final out. Cleveland scored in five of nine innings, with the bulk of the damage coming in the third, fourth, and eighth frames. The Guardians finished with 12 hits against a Yankees staff that could not contain Cleveland's middle of the order across the critical middle innings.
The decisive momentum shift arrived in the third inning, when Paul Goldschmidt connected on a home run off Joey Cantillo that swung win probability 19.1 points in Cleveland's favor. Cantillo again struggled in the fourth, surrendering a Goldschmidt single that added another 16.2 points of win probability to the Guardians' ledger. Sandwiched between those Goldschmidt moments, Kyle Manzardo delivered a home run off Cam Schlittler in the top of the fourth worth 15.0 points, and José Ramírez followed with a double off Schlittler in the fifth that moved the needle an additional 12.9 points. Travis Bazzana's two-run double off Camilo Doval in the eighth, worth 16.4 win-probability points, closed the door on any remaining Yankees hope.
Goldschmidt finished as the game's most impactful bat, accumulating a combined WPA of plus-32.0 and an RE24 of plus-3.1. Ramírez was nearly as damaging at plus-28.3 WPA and plus-2.1 RE24, while Bazzana added plus-14.8 WPA. On the mound, Brent Headrick led all pitchers with a plus-17.1 WPA contribution, supported by Hunter Gaddis at plus-8.8 and Tim Herrin at plus-7.9, as the Cleveland pitching staff collectively neutralized a Yankees lineup that managed only four runs on eight hits.