Rodon Shuts Down Guardians; Chisholm & McMahon Win It. NY 2 Cleveland 1

June 6, 2026 paperbacklou 2026 0

Carlos Rodon pitched 6 strong innings of 2-hit, 1-run ball, striking out 7, and the Yanks used small ball in the 7th to break a 1-1 tie and win 2-1 on a Beautiful Thursday night at Yankee Stadium.

The game was tied 1-1 in the bottom of the 7th when Jazz Chisholm Jr. worked a 1-out walk, and with 2 outs, stole 2nd, went to 3rd on a Wild Pitch and scored on a clutch single by Ryan McMahon.

Brent Headrick pitched a shutout top of 7th to end up getting the win. Fernando Cruz pitched a 1-2-3 shutout 8th and David Bednar pitched a non-agita, 1-2-3 shutout 9th for the save.

“I thought his changeup was really good,” said manager Aaron Boone about Rodon. “Had some good swing and miss. That’s not the easiest team to get swing and miss on, I think he had 7 strikeouts there. I thought he was efficient. Just like the way he threw the ball. I thought his fastball was good. And you saw some situations where he really needed it where he was able to step on it; some 97’s in there. I thought he had good carry to the ball. Overall I think he threw it well, with a good swing-and-miss changeup to go with it.”

“I felt like he was out there with his swagger,” said Jazz Chisholm Jr. on Rodon. “He was that bulldog rooster that we always call him.”

NY improves to 37-25, .5 behind Tampa which has lost 4 in a row. Cleveland falls to 36-28 — in 1st in the AL Central.

1. Rodon Great

Good news for the Yanks: Carlos Rodon looks better and better with each start, after missing the first month of the season due to off-season surgery.

Rodon got some help in the 2nd inning, when Max Schuemann — playing right for the injured Aaron Judge — made a terrific diving catch for the final out.

Rodon allowed only 1 run and it came in the top of the 4th, when 3rd baseman Jose Ramirez led off with a single and 1st baseman Rhys Hoskins walked, putting runners on 1st and 2nd with nobody out. Rodon then struck out 2nd baseman Travis Bazzana and got leftfielder Angel Martinez on a fly out to center.

With 2 outs, centerfielder Stuart Fairchild singled in a run — but Rodon struck out Steven Kwan to end the inning.

2. Chisholm Ties Game 1-1 with Sac Fly in 4th

The Guardians started 26-year-old, 6’4 righty Slade Cecconi, and he pitched well, throwing a shutout into the 4th.

Paul Goldschmidt and Cody Bellinger led off the 4th with back-to-back singles, then orchestrated a double steal.

Jazz Chisholm then hit a sac fly to Angel Martinez in left — scoring Goldschmidt — but Cody Bellinger tried to go from 2nd to 3rd on the fly and overslid 3rd base — for a double play. The run scored of course but Jazz lost the RBI!

Cecconi would pitch 6 innings allowing the 1 run on 4 hits with 4 K’s and 1 walk. His slash line is 3-5 4.92 on the year.

3. Headrick Pitches Shutout 7th

Rodon left after 6 innings. Brent Headrick pitched a shutout top of 7th, working around a 2-out walk.

4. Chisholm & McMahon Manufacture Game-Winning Run in 7th

Codi Heuer — a 29-yr-old, 6’5 righty — relieved Cecconi to start the 7th. He walked Jazz Chisholm with 1 out, then got Jose Caballero to line out to right.

But with 2 outs and Ryan McMahon at the plate, Chisholm stole 2nd base, then went to 3rd on a Wild Pitch by Heuer as McMahon patiently worked the count in a 7-pitch at bat.

McMahon then ripped an RBI single to right for a 2-1 Yankee lead.

5. Cruz Pitches 1-2-3 Shutout 8th

Fernando Cruz pitched a 1-2-3 inning in the top of the 8th — line out, foul out, pop out — keeping the score 2-1 NY.

6. Bednar with a 1-2-3, Non-Agita Save

And David Bednar pitched a non-agita, 1-2-3 inning in the 9th — 3 straight groundouts — for the old ballgame.

The Boxscore

https://www.espn.com/mlb/boxscore/_/gameId/401815620

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