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.

Angel Martinez hit a two-run home run, Luis Ortiz pitched 5⅔ stellar innings and the visiting Cleveland Guardians beat the New York Yankees Wednesday.

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.

Some games feel cursed before they even settle in—and Wednesday night had that energy for the New York Yankees. From […]

Guardians catcher Austin Hedges has been placed on the seven-day concussion list, retroactive to Wednesday. Manager Stephen Vogt said before Friday's game against the Houston Astros that Hedges was struck on a backswing from the Yankees' Jazz Chisholm Jr.

New York Yankees starter Max Fried gave a shutout performance against the Cleveland Guardians in a 4-0 game that won the Yankees this series. In a postgame interview, he gave props to Austin Wells — the Yankees catcher he has come to rely on.