It's Thursday, June 5, and the Guardians (33-27) are in the Bronx to take on the Yankees (37-23). Slade Cecconi is slated to take the mound for Cleveland against Max Fried for New York. The AL East-leading Yankees are hoping to bounce back from yesterday's shutout loss.

The Guardians surprised the Yankees 4-0 in the middle game Wednesday night, as RHP Luis Ortiz baffled New York with 5 2/3 scoreless innings with 7 strikeouts on 92 pitches, while the bullpen took over and tossed 3 1/3 innings of scoreless baseball with just 2 hits and no walks on 46 pitches.

Friday: Guardians open a three-game series against Houston at Progressive Field. LHP Logan Allen (3-3, 4.22) will start for the Guards, while LHP Colton Gordon (0-1, 5.94) will start for Houston at 7:10 p.m. CLEGuardians.TV, WKYC Ch. 3, WTAM 1100 AM, WMMS 100.7 FM, WARF and the Guardians radio network will carry the game.

It didn’t happen as lefty Max Fried and three relievers shut out the Guardians, 4-0, at Yankee Stadium. Fried (8-1, 1.78) threw six scoreless innings with seven strikeouts. This was a case of answering one shutout with another. The Guardians blanked the Yankees, 4-0, on Wednesday night.

Yankees starter Clarke Schmidt allowed three first-inning runs and nothing else in his 5 2/3-inning outing. He struck out eight.

The Yankees were shut out for just the second time this year on Tuesday night, but there were a handful of positives.