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.

Especially stop punting in rubber matches. I don’t have much else constructively to say about tonight’s performance. Erase this horrible game from your memory and go win a series against the Astros. These two sides need each other,

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.

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.

Here are the Guardians and Yankees starting lineups for Thursday night’s game. Where: Yankee Stadium, 7:05 p.m. Game: 60. TV/radio: CLEGuardians.TV, MLB Network, WTAM 1100, WMMS 100.7 FM and the Guardians radio network will carry the game.