{"id":50492,"date":"2025-04-24T07:58:41","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T07:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=50492"},"modified":"2025-04-24T07:58:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T07:58:41","slug":"rodon-gives-new-york-strong-start-yankees-down-guardians-5-1-in-series-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=50492","title":{"rendered":"Rod\u00f3n gives New York strong start, Yankees down Guardians 5-1 in series finale"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"article_content\">CLEVELAND (AP) \u2014 Carlos Rod\u00f3n pitched seven strong innings, Paul Goldschmidt drove in two runs and Aaron Judge raised his major league-leading average to .415 as the New York Yankees beat the Cleveland Guardians 5-1 on Wednesday to avoid a series sweep.<\/p>\n<p>Rod\u00f3n (3-3) allowed just four hits, struck out five straight in one stretch and kept the Guardians off balance. Fernando Cruz and Luke Weaver pitched an inning each to complete the five-hitter.<\/p>\n<p>Judge and Goldschmidt each drove in a run in the first inning off Luis Ortiz (2-3) as the Yankees took the finale of the three-game set. New York hasn\u2019t been swept in a series of at least three games in Cleveland since 1970.<\/p>\n<p>The Guardians saw their winning streak stopped at five and fell to 7-2 at home.<\/p>\n<p>Judge, who went 4 for 4 on Tuesday, tripled off the wall in deep center field in the first inning to score Ben Rice from first. The Yankees added another run on Goldschmidt\u2019s RBI double.<\/p>\n<p>Judge has reached base in 21 straight games. The superstar entered the game leading the majors in batting average, hits and on-base percentage.<\/p>\n<p>Rice and Goldschmidt drove in runs in the second inning off Ortiz, who needed 76 pitches to get through the first three innings.<\/p>\n<p>Guardians rookie Will Wilson collected his first major league hit in the ninth.<\/p>\n<p>Key moment<\/p>\n<p>Judge\u2019s 418-foot shot to straightaway center in the first caromed off the top of the 19-foot-high outfield wall. Per Statcast, Judge\u2019s sixth career triple would have been a homer in 28 of 30 ballparks (not Arizona or Cleveland).<\/p>\n<p>Key stat<\/p>\n<p>The Yankees missed several chances to blow the game open. They stranded 13 runners and struck out 14 times.<\/p>\n<p>Up next<\/p>\n<p>Both teams are off Thursday. The Yankees open a home series against Toronto on Friday with Carlos Carrasco (2-1, 6.53 ERA) making his fifth start of 2025. Cleveland begins a series at home against Boston on Friday with Ben Lively (1-2, 3.86) pitching.<\/p>\n<section id=\"newsletter_article\">Today&#8217;s breaking news and more in your inbox<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CLEVELAND (AP) \u2014 Carlos Rod\u00f3n pitched seven strong innings, Paul Goldschmidt drove in two runs and Aaron Judge raised his major league-leading average to .415 as the New York Yankees beat the Cleveland Guardians 5-1 on Wednesday to avoid a series sweep. 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