The Cleveland Guardians vs New York Yankees Match Player Stats from June 2, 2026, show how Cleveland turned a one-run deficit into a 9-4 win at Yankee Stadium. Cleveland finished with 12 hits, compared with eight for New York, and scored six unanswered runs after the Yankees took a 4-3 lead in the fourth inning. José Ramírez went 3-for-5 with three doubles and two RBIs, while Travis Bazzana drove in four runs.

Situational hitting and bullpen performance created the largest statistical separation. Cleveland went 7-for-15 with runners in scoring position, while New York finished 1-for-8. After Joey Cantillo allowed four runs through four innings, five Guardians relievers combined for five scoreless innings, two hits allowed, no walks, and seven strikeouts.

This breakdown covers the final score, starting lineups, inning-by-inning scoring, complete meaningful batting statistics, starting pitching, bullpens, baserunning, fielding, key individual performances, series context, and the numbers that explain Cleveland’s win.

Cleveland Guardians vs New York Yankees Match Player Stats

Match Information

Cleveland entered the game at 34-27 and left Yankee Stadium at 35-27, while New York moved to 36-24. ESPN listed the Guardians at 18-13 on the road after the victory and the Yankees at 17-10 at home. The game began shortly after 7 p.m. and lasted 3 hours, 14 minutes.

Starting Lineups

Cleveland Guardians Starting Lineup

Cleveland had Steven Kwan and Angel Martínez back in the lineup. Kwan returned from the bereavement/family medical emergency list and started in left field, while Martínez returned after dealing with a mild left mid-foot strain and started in right field.

New York Yankees Starting Lineup

Cam Schlittler started for New York, while Joey Cantillo started for Cleveland. Schlittler entered the matchup with a 7-2 record before taking his third loss of the season.

Game Summary

The first two innings passed without a run. Cleveland opened the scoring in the third after Patrick Bailey tripled and Brayan Rocchio brought him home with a sacrifice fly to center. That gave the Guardians a 1-0 lead.

New York answered in the bottom of the third. Ben Rice reached base before Paul Goldschmidt hit a two-run home run off Cantillo. Goldschmidt’s seventh homer of the season traveled 386 feet to left and flipped Cleveland’s 1-0 lead into a 2-1 Yankees advantage.

Cleveland responded in the fourth. Ramírez reached before Kyle Manzardo hit a two-run homer off Schlittler, putting the Guardians back ahead 3-2. New York again answered in the bottom half. Goldschmidt singled to right with two runners aboard, scoring Jazz Chisholm Jr. and José Caballero for a 4-3 Yankees lead.

The fifth inning became the game’s turning point. Steven Kwan reached the scoring sequence, and Bazzana’s sacrifice fly brought him home to tie the game at 4-4. Ramírez followed with a double to right that scored Bailey and gave Cleveland a 5-4 lead. New York never scored again.

Ramírez added another RBI double in the seventh, scoring Rocchio and extending the lead to 6-4. Cleveland then created the final separation in the eighth. With Martínez, Daniel Schneemann and Kwan on base, Bazzana doubled to right off Camilo Doval. All three runners scored, moving the Guardians ahead 9-4.

Matt Festa pitched the ninth for Cleveland. Ben Rice lined out, Goldschmidt struck out looking, and Cody Bellinger grounded out to end the game.

Inning-by-Inning Breakdown

First Inning

Schlittler retired Cleveland without allowing a run, and Cantillo answered with a scoreless bottom half. The score remained 0-0 after one inning.

Second Inning

Neither lineup scored in the second. The game remained scoreless entering the third inning.

Third Inning

Bailey tripled and scored on Rocchio’s sacrifice fly for the first run. Goldschmidt responded in the bottom half with a two-run home run that scored Rice and put New York ahead 2-1.

Fourth Inning

Manzardo hit a two-run homer with Ramírez aboard, giving Cleveland a 3-2 lead. Goldschmidt then singled home Chisholm Jr. and Caballero in the bottom half, returning the lead to New York at 4-3.

Fifth Inning

Bazzana’s sacrifice fly scored Kwan for the tying run. Ramírez followed with a double to right that scored Bailey and made it 5-4 Cleveland. That was the final lead change of the game.

Sixth Inning

Neither team scored in the sixth. Tim Herrin handled a scoreless inning for Cleveland as the Guardians protected their one-run lead.

Seventh Inning

Ramírez doubled for the third time in the game, bringing Rocchio home and pushing the score to 6-4. Hunter Gaddis then kept the Yankees scoreless in the bottom half.

Eighth Inning

Martínez, Schneemann and Kwan reached ahead of Bazzana. With two outs, Bazzana doubled to right and scored all three runners. Cleveland’s advantage grew from 6-4 to 9-4.

Ninth Inning

Ryan Yarbrough held Cleveland scoreless in the top half. Festa then retired Rice, Goldschmidt, and Bellinger in order to finish the game.

Complete Team Scoring Summary

New York scored all four of its runs in the third and fourth innings. Cleveland scored six unanswered runs from the fifth through eighth and held the Yankees scoreless over their final five offensive innings.

Cleveland Guardians Batting Stats

Cleveland recorded 12 hits and nine RBIs. Ramírez led the club with three hits. Manzardo and Kwan had two each, while Bazzana led the team with four RBIs. Cleveland also produced three Ramírez doubles, a Bailey triple, a Manzardo homer and a Bazzana double.

José Ramírez Performance

Ramírez doubled in three consecutive at-bats. His fifth-inning double scored Bailey and gave Cleveland the lead for good at 5-4. His seventh-inning double scored Rocchio and extended that advantage to two runs.

What Made Ramírez Effective?

• He recorded three hits in five at-bats.
• All three hits went for extra bases.
• He went 2-for-3 with runners in scoring position.
• He did not strike out.
• Two of his doubles directly produced runs.

Travis Bazzana Performance

Bazzana’s batting line shows why hit totals need context. He finished with one hit, but his fifth-inning sacrifice fly tied the game, and his eighth-inning double drove home three more runs. Four of Cleveland’s nine runs were credited to Bazzana RBIs.

Kyle Manzardo Performance

Manzardo supplied Cleveland’s only home run. His two-run shot in the fourth scored Ramírez and temporarily moved the Guardians from a 2-1 deficit to a 3-2 lead.

Steven Kwan Performance

Kwan returned to the lineup and reached twice via hits. He scored on Bazzana’s sacrifice fly in the fifth and again on Bazzana’s three-run double in the eighth.

Patrick Bailey Performance

Bailey’s only hit was a triple. Rocchio’s sacrifice fly brought him home for Cleveland’s first run, and Bailey later scored the go-ahead run on Ramírez’s fifth-inning double.

Brayan Rocchio Performance

Rocchio drove in the game’s first run with a sacrifice fly. He later stole both second and third and scored on Ramírez’s seventh-inning double.

New York Yankees Batting Stats

New York recorded eight hits, but its run production was concentrated in one spot. Goldschmidt finished with three hits and all four Yankees RBIs. Bellinger recorded two hits, while Rice, Grisham, and Chisholm Jr. had one each.

Paul Goldschmidt Performance

Goldschmidt accounted for every Yankees run batted in. His third-inning homer scored Rice and moved New York ahead 2-1. His fourth-inning single then scored Chisholm Jr. and Caballero to make it 4-3.

Cody Bellinger Performance

Bellinger collected two hits and stole second base, but neither hit produced a run. He also recorded the final out when he grounded to Manzardo, with Festa covering first.

Ben Rice Performance

Rice reached base twice and scored on Goldschmidt’s third-inning home run. He did not
drive in a run.

Offensive Performance Comparison

Both teams hit one home run and stole three bases. Cleveland’s larger advantage came from overall hit production and situational hitting. The Guardians collected four more hits and recorded seven hits with runners in scoring position, compared with one for New York.

Starting Pitching Analysis

Joey Cantillo Performance

Cantillo allowed all four Yankees runs. Goldschmidt homered against him in the third and singled home two more runs in the fourth. Cleveland went to Holderman in the fifth with Cantillo’s line closed at four runs on six hits and three walks.

Cam Schlittler Performance

Schlittler did not issue a walk, but Cleveland scored five runs while he was responsible for runners in the fifth. Four of those runs were earned. He allowed Manzardo’s fourth-inning homer and left during Cleveland’s go-ahead fifth-inning rally.

Starting Pitcher Comparison

Neither starter completed five innings. The difference after their exits became more significant because Cleveland’s bullpen did not allow another run, while New York’s relievers surrendered four.

Cleveland Guardians Bullpen Analysis

Holderman earned the win by pitching a scoreless fifth after Cleveland moved ahead. Herrin, Gaddis, Armstrong and Festa then combined to cover the sixth through ninth without allowing a run.

The five relievers allowed only two hits and did not issue a walk. New York therefore had no multi-run response after Cleveland’s two-run fifth inning.

New York Yankees Bullpen Analysis

Headrick inherited two runners from Schlittler and prevented either from scoring after Ramírez’s go-ahead double. He then continued through the sixth without allowing a hit.

Hill allowed three hits and one run in the seventh. Doval surrendered four hits and three earned runs in the eighth, including Bazzana’s three-run double. Yarbrough worked a scoreless ninth.

Why Cleveland Guardians Won

Better Hitting With Runners in Scoring Position

Cleveland turned a much larger share of its scoring opportunities into hits. Ramírez went 2-for-3 with runners in scoring position, Manzardo went 2-for-3 and Bazzana went 1-for-2. New York’s only RISP hit came from Goldschmidt.

Run Production Came From Several Hitters

Cleveland had four players drive in runs. New York had one. Goldschmidt accounted for all four Yankees RBIs, while Cleveland distributed its nine RBIs among Bazzana, Ramírez, Manzardo and Rocchio.

The Bullpen Changed the Pitching Comparison

Cantillo and Schlittler both allowed four earned runs, so starting pitching alone did not create the final five-run margin.

Cleveland’s bullpen allowed zero runs.

New York’s bullpen allowed four earned runs.

That transformed a 5-4 game after the fifth into a 9-4 final.

Cleveland Continued Scoring After Taking the Lead

Cleveland did not stop at its 5-4 advantage. Ramírez added an RBI double in the seventh, and Bazzana added three runs with his double in the eighth. New York did not score after Goldschmidt’s fourth-inning single.

Turning Point: Cleveland’s Fifth Inning

The fifth inning was the actual lead-changing sequence.

Cleveland began the inning trailing 4-3. Kwan reached, Bailey reached on a fielder’s choice combined with a Rosario fielding error, and Rocchio was hit by a pitch. Bazzana’s sacrifice fly scored Kwan to tie the game before Ramírez doubled home Bailey for a 5-4 lead.

New York did not regain the lead.

For that reason, the fifth inning is better described as the turning point, while Bazzana’s three-run double in the eighth was the separation play that moved Cleveland from a two-run advantage to a five-run advantage.

Biggest Separation Play: Travis Bazzana’s Eighth-Inning Double

Cleveland led 6-4 entering the eighth.

Martínez singled and stole second. Schneemann then singled, and Kwan reached with a bunt single. After Bailey and Rocchio struck out, Bazzana came to the plate with two outs and the bases loaded.

Bazzana doubled to right, scoring Martínez, Schneemann and Kwan. The score moved to 9-4, and MLB’s game data increased Cleveland’s win probability to 98.1 percent after the play.

Baserunning Performance

Cleveland Guardians

Rocchio stole second and third, while Martínez stole second in the eighth inning. Cleveland finished with three stolen bases.

New York Yankees

New York also stole three bases. Because the clubs finished even in that category, stolen-base volume did not explain the difference in the final score.

Fielding Comparison

Each team committed one error. Bailey was charged with Cleveland’s error, while Rosario’s fifth-inning fielding error contributed to the sequence that loaded Cleveland’s bases before the tying and go-ahead runs scored.

Complete Team Comparison

The table isolates where Cleveland separated from New York. Home runs, stolen bases, errors, and starting-pitcher earned runs were even. Cleveland gained its advantage through more hits, more total bases, much better RISP conversion, and a bullpen that allowed no runs.

Key Player Comparison

Ramírez and Goldschmidt both produced three-hit games, but Cleveland received additional run production from Manzardo, Bazzana and Rocchio. Goldschmidt was the only Yankees hitter credited with an RBI.

Injuries and Player Availability

Steven Kwan returned to Cleveland’s lineup after being reinstated from the bereavement/family medical emergency list. He started in left field and batted seventh. Kwan finished 2-for-4 and scored twice.

Angel Martínez also returned after missing the previous game because of a mild left mid-foot strain. He started in right field, recorded one hit, stole a base and scored during Cleveland’s three-run eighth inning.

Head-to-Head Series Context

The June 2 matchup was the first game of a three-game Guardians-Yankees series at Yankee Stadium.

Cleveland took the first two games before New York won the finale, giving the Guardians a 2-1 series victory.

The June 2 opener was also the only game in the series decided by more than one run.

Five Biggest Statistical Reasons Cleveland Won

1. Cleveland Went 7-for-15 With Runners in Scoring Position

New York went 1-for-8. That six-hit difference in RISP situations was the clearest offensive efficiency gap between the teams.

2. Five Cleveland Relievers Allowed Zero Runs

Holderman, Herrin, Gaddis, Armstrong and Festa combined for five innings, two hits, no walks and seven strikeouts.

3. Cleveland Had Four Different RBI Producers

Bazzana, Ramírez, Manzardo and Rocchio all drove in runs. New York’s four RBIs all belonged to Goldschmidt.

4. Ramírez Produced Three Extra-Base Hits

Ramírez’s three hits were all doubles. Two scored runs, including the fifth-inning hit that gave Cleveland the lead for good.

5. Cleveland Added Four Late Runs

The Guardians scored once in the seventh and three times in the eighth. New York was held scoreless throughout both innings and did not score after the fourth.

What These Statistics Mean

• Cleveland did not win because it hit more home runs. Both teams hit one.
• Stolen bases also finished even at three apiece.
• Both starters allowed four earned runs.
• The largest offensive difference was Cleveland’s 7-for-15 RISP performance compared with New York’s 1-for-8.
• Cleveland had four different RBI producers, while Goldschmidt had every New York RBI.
• Ramírez produced three doubles without striking out.
• Bazzana drove in four runs despite collecting only one hit.
• Cleveland’s bullpen threw five scoreless innings and issued no walks.
• The Guardians scored six unanswered runs after falling behind 4-3.
• Bazzana’s eighth-inning double created the final five-run separation.

The Cleveland Guardians vs New York Yankees Match Player Stats therefore point to two primary differences: conversion and relief pitching. Cleveland converted more scoring opportunities and continued creating runs after its starter left. New York’s offense stopped scoring once Goldschmidt’s fourth-inning single gave the Yankees a 4-3 lead.

Conclusion

The Cleveland Guardians vs New York Yankees Match Player Stats show why the 9-4 result became more lopsided after the middle innings. Cleveland recorded 12 hits, went 7-for-15 with runners in scoring position, and received run production from Bazzana, Ramírez, Manzardo, and Rocchio.

The fifth inning changed the lead. Bazzana tied the score with a sacrifice fly, and Ramírez doubled home Bailey to put Cleveland ahead 5-4. Ramírez added another run-scoring double in the seventh before Bazzana’s bases-loaded double brought home three runners in the eighth.

New York’s four runs all came through Goldschmidt, while Cleveland’s bullpen prevented another Yankees run after the fourth. The Guardians followed this win with a 5-4 victory on June 3, while New York took the June 4 finale 2-1. Cleveland therefore finished the three-game series with two wins.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who won the Cleveland Guardians vs New York Yankees game?

The Cleveland Guardians defeated the New York Yankees 9-4 on June 2, 2026, at Yankee Stadium. Cleveland recorded 12 hits and scored six unanswered runs.

What were the key Cleveland Guardians vs New York Yankees Match Player Stats?

Cleveland went 7-for-15 with runners in scoring position, Ramírez had three doubles, Bazzana drove in four runs and the Guardians bullpen threw five scoreless innings.

Who had the most hits in the Guardians vs Yankees game?

José Ramírez and Paul Goldschmidt tied for the game lead with three hits each. Ramírez recorded three doubles, while Goldschmidt had a double and home run.

Who had the most RBIs?

Travis Bazzana led Cleveland with four RBIs, while Paul Goldschmidt drove in all four Yankees runs. Bazzana produced three of his RBIs with an eighth-inning double.

Who hit home runs for the Guardians and Yankees?

Kyle Manzardo hit Cleveland’s home run in the fourth inning. Paul Goldschmidt hit New York’s home run in the third. Both were two-run shots.

How did José Ramírez perform against the Yankees?

Ramírez went 3-for-5 with three doubles, one run and two RBIs. His fifth-inning RBI double gave Cleveland a 5-4 lead that it never surrendered.

Who was the winning pitcher?

Colin Holderman earned the win after throwing one scoreless inning. He allowed one hit, issued no walks and recorded two strikeouts.

Why did Cleveland beat New York?

Cleveland converted 7 of 15 RISP chances into hits and received five scoreless bullpen innings. New York went 1-for-8 with runners in scoring position.