RHP Aaron Civale threw off a mound in Cleveland, his first time pitching since straining his left oblique on April 7. Guardians: RHP Daniel Espino will miss the rest of the season after surgery to repair an anterior capsule in the 22-year-old's shoulder. "They were obviously trying to get early contact." "Kind of a weird night," manager Terry Francona said. Bieber allowed five hits in eight innings, throwing 93 pitches. "It's small mechanical things," he said through a translator.Īlbert Abreu (1-0) got Josh Naylor to ground into an inning-ending double play in the 10th.Ĭleveland has lost five straight series and 11 of its last 16 games. "When we get the big boys back, everybody will have a role, understand what the job is, and it should be that much easier to win ballgames."Ĭalhoun and Bauers homered against former Cy Young Award winner Shane Bieber as the Yankees overcame a 2-0 deficit.Īfter Cleveland took a 3-2 lead in the ninth on pinch-hitter Oscar Gonzalez's bloop RBI single off Clay Holmes, Calhoun hit a tying single in the bottom half off All-Star closer Emmanuel Clase, and the Yankees won it in the 10th.īauers drew a leadoff walk with the automatic runner on second, Kiner-Falefa sacrificed and pinch-hitter Jose Trevino - the last non-pitcher on the Yankees bench - singled over the drawn-in infield on an 0-2 pitch from Trevor Stephan (1-1), the reliever's third straight slider. "With the big guys down right now, we've got to find ways to manufacture runs," Isiah Kiner-Falefa said after an unheralded trio propelled the Yankees over the Cleveland Guardians 4-3 in 10 innings Wednesday night. NEW YORK - Willie Calhoun and Jake Bauers, afterthoughts when the season began, have become pinstriped stopgaps for a struggling New York Yankees team missing a string of starters.
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