Cleveland’s best chance to battle back was in the seventh. After Mark Leiter Jr. loaded the bases out of the bullpen, Yankees manager Aaron Boone summoned lefty sidearmer Tim Hill with one man out. He struck Naylor out before getting Noel to pop out to shallow right and end the threat.

Fresh off his worst start as a Yankee, Max Fried returned to ace-like form in the Yankees’ 4-0, rubber-match win over the Guardians on Thursday.

Fried improved to 8-1 with six shutout innings, and the Yankees took the lead good in the fourth on Cody Bellinger's two-run home run.