Angel Martinez hit a two-run home run in the first inning to back 5⅔ stellar innings by Luis L. Ortiz as the visiting Cleveland Guardians earned a 4-0 victory over the New York Yankees on Wednesday, June 4.
The Guardians won for only the third time in their past 11 regular-season visits to New York behind Martinez and Ortiz.
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Martinez entered the game in a 6-for-40 skid but gave Cleveland a 2-0 lead. After Steven Kwan drew a lead-off walk, he got a first-pitch cutter and hammered it into the right field bleachers.
Jose Ramirez doubled after Martinez went deep to extend his on-base streak to 30 games and scored on a two-out double by Daniel Schneemann.
Kyle Manzardo added a homer in the eighth and Schneemann collected three hits after entering the game in a 4-for-28 slide over his previous 10 games.
Ortiz (3-6) allowed three hits in his second scoreless start this season. The right-hander struck out seven, walked three and got two double plays, both started by Ramirez at third base.
Cleveland Guardians starting pitcher Luis L. Ortiz (45) pitches against the New York Yankees on June 4, 2025, in Bronx, New York.
Ortiz earned his first win since beating the Pittsburgh Pirates on April 18. The right-hander entered 0-4 with a 3.79 ERA in his previous seven outings.
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Ramirez started a double play on Anthony Volpe to end the second and then another double play on Ben Rice when the original was overturned after a Cleveland challenge.
Schmidt settled down after the rocky start and allowed three runs on seven hits in 5⅔ innings. The right-hander struck out eight and walked one.
Tim Herrin pitched 1⅓ innings and ended the seventh by getting Volpe on a double play. Hunter Gaddis pitched the eighth and Emmanuel Clase worked a non-save situation in the ninth to finish off Cleveland’s eighth shutout.
Clase put two on by allowing hits to Ben Rice and Cody Bellinger but finished it off by fanning Paul Goldschmidt and Jazz Chisholm Jr.
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The Yankees were blanked for the second time this season. New York’s five-game home winning streak was stopped and the Yankees lost for only the fourth time in their last 15 games.
This article originally appeared on Akron Beacon Journal: Angel Martinez hits 2-run home run, Luis Ortiz sharp in Guardians win