New York Yankees at Cleveland Guardians: Final Score & Recap

The New York Yankees defeated the Cleveland Guardians 7-5 in ten innings at Progressive Field on June 8, 2026, rallying in extra frames to hand the home side a loss that the DiamondIQ model's estimate placed at complete certainty by game's end, having opened the night as a virtual coin flip with Cleveland holding a 48 percent pre-game win probability.

The decisive damage came in the top of the tenth, when Cody Bellinger's single off Shawn Armstrong shifted win probability 25.4 percent in New York's favor, and Max Schuemann's walk against the same pitcher swung the dial an additional 23.2 percent, the two plays combining to represent the evening's most consequential offensive sequence. Cleveland had threatened to make the game its own in the sixth inning, when Angel Martínez launched a home run off Paul Blackburn that moved the Guardians' win probability 22.9 percent in their direction and reflected the closest Cleveland came to asserting control. New York's Jazz Chisholm Jr. grounded into a double play in the eighth against Cade Smith, a swing of negative 19.7 percent for the Yankees that briefly tightened the contest, while Stuart Fairchild's strikeout to end the ninth against David Bednar preserved the tie and returned 14.0 percent win probability to Cleveland.

Bellinger finished as the game's top batter by WPA at plus-36.6 percent with a RE24 of plus-1.2, while Schuemann contributed plus-23.2 percent WPA and a RE24 of plus-1.0, and Brayan Rocchio posted plus-23.8 percent WPA with a RE24 of plus-0.7 in a losing effort for Cleveland. On the mound, Cade Smith was the night's most impactful pitcher with a plus-33.2 percent WPA, followed by Tim Hill at plus-20.0 percent and Tim Herrin at plus-8.5 percent, a trio that kept New York in check long enough to force extra innings before the Yankees ultimately pulled away.