Guardians score 3 in 1st inning to back Ortiz in 4-0 win at Yankee Stadium
NEW YORK AP Angel Mart nez hit an early two-run homer Luis Ortiz earned his first win since April and the Cleveland Guardians beat the New York Yankees - on Wednesday night Kyle Manzardo also went deep for the Guardians who scored three times in the first inning and turned a trio of double plays Ortiz - allowed three hits and struck out seven in innings Mart nez connected in the first on Clarke Schmidt s seventh pitch Daniel Schneeman who had three hits added an RBI double later in the inning to help the Guardians win for the third time in their last regular-season trips to the Bronx Jos Ram rez doubled in the first extending his on-base streak to games and scored on Schneeman s double Manzardo padded the lead with a solo homer in the eighth Ortiz ended a seven-game winless streak He walked three and gave up two hits to Aaron Judge who ended the night batting Tim Herrin Hunter Gaddis and Emmanuel Clase finished a five-hitter for Cleveland s first shutout at Yankee Stadium since Aug Clase stranded two runners in the ninth by getting two strikeouts Schmidt - allowed three runs and seven hits in innings He struck out eight and walked one The Yankees were blanked for the second time this season Key moments Schmidt got ahead of leadoff hitter Steven Kwan but threw three straight balls and walked him Mart nez drove the next pitch into the right-field bleachers Herrin ended the seventh by getting Anthony Volpe to ground into a double play Key stats Ram rez s on-base streak is the second-longest of his career He had a -game run in Mart nez entered the encounter in a -for- slide Up next Cleveland RHP Slade Cecconi - ERA starts the series finale Thursday night against LHP Max Fried - who is coming off his first loss with the Yankees More AP baseball https apnews com MLB Source