NEW YORK (Interstat) — Carlos Rodón struck out seven over six innings and the New York Yankees beat the Cleveland Guardians 2-1 on Thursday afternoon at Yankee Stadium II. Rodón allowed one earned run and two hits.

Cleveland took a 1-0 lead in the fourth inning on Stuart Fairchild’s ground-ball single that scored José Ramírez. The Yankees answered in the bottom half when Paul Goldschmidt scored on a sacrifice double play.

Ryan McMahon’s RBI single in the seventh inning drove in Jazz Chisholm Jr. to put New York ahead. Brent Headrick pitched a scoreless seventh for the win, improving to 4-1. David Bednar earned his 13th save with a perfect ninth. Codi Heuer took the loss, falling to 0-1.

Yankees hitters managed five hits, Guardians two. Slade Cecconi matched Rodón with six innings, allowing one run on four hits. Attendance was 39,504. The game lasted 2 hours, 20 minutes.

New York improved to 37-25; Cleveland dropped to 36-28.