It was getaway day in every sense in Cleveland today. With the Yankees and Guardians playing a Sunday matinee ahead of road trips for both clubs, the teams appeared to agree to run out their B-lineups and play a quick one before catching their respective flights. The result was a sleepy pitchers’ duel, one that left the Yankees with a 2-0 loss.
Given the state of the lineups, things went about as one would expect in the early going. The Yankees had little success in their initial looks against starter Triston McKenzie, with the string-bean righty pounding the zone with his high-spin four-seamer and keeping the Bombers off-balance with a few well-placed curveballs.