Yankees get the type of win they need now in marathon Guardians battle

Nypost · Jun 08, 2026 · 862 words · By Ryan Dunleavy

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CLEVELAND — The Yankees hadn’t won an extra-inning game all season and Cody Bellinger stepped into the box as about half the hitter on the road that he is at home.

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What happened

CLEVELAND — The Yankees hadn’t won an extra-inning game all season and Cody Bellinger stepped into the box as about half the hitter on the road that he is at home.

Why it matters

And he delivered to beat the odds that the Yankees are going to have to continue to overcome as a complete team — including one man short of an entire bullpen — while Aaron Judge is sidelined.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 16 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The Yankees used their entire bench and all but one arm in the bullpen.”

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No evidence was found to confirm the specific usage of the bench and bullpen for this particular game.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 New York Yankees season is the 124th season for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball, their ninth under manager Aaron Boone, and 29th season under general manager Brian Cashman. They…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_New_York_Yankees_season

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The history of the New York Yankees Major League Baseball (MLB) team spans more than a century. Frank J. Farrell and William Stephen Devery bought the rights to an American League (AL) club in New Yor…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_New_York_Yankee…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of the Bronx. The Yankees compete in Major League Baseball as a member club of the American League (A…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Yankees

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Claim 2: “The Yankees improved to 1-3 in extra innings.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results that explicitly states the Yankees' extra-inning record became 1-3.

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Claim 3: “Bellinger entered the game with a 1.140 OPS at Yankee Stadium and a .591 OPS on the road.”

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No evidence was found regarding Cody Bellinger's specific OPS splits (1.140 home vs .591 road) entering the game.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Aaron James Judge (born April 26, 1992) is an American professional baseball right fielder for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He is an eight-time MLB All-Star and three-time Amer…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ha-seong Kim (Korean: 김하성; born October 17, 1995) is a South Korean professional baseball infielder for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the San D…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Michael Nelson Trout (born August 7, 1991) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB). Trout is a 12-time All-Star, three-time American L…
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Claim 4: “Ryan McMahon broke a 3-3 tie with an opposite-field home run that just cleared the 19-foot wall in left field to open the fifth.”

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Claim 5: “fireworks went off high above center field 463 miles away in front of 29,517 fans at Progressive Field.”

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While Progressive Field is confirmed as the venue, there is no evidence provided regarding the specific attendance number (29,517) or the fireworks description.

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web search NEUTRAL — Progressive Field is a baseball stadium in the downtown area of Cleveland, Ohio.Since moving to Progressive Field, the Guardians have won 12 Central Division titles, three American League pennants and…
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Claim 6: “Cade Smith, the AL’s best reliever, struck out Volpe and stranded a leadoff single.”

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Claim 7: “Goldschmidt, whose first-inning, two-run home run started the scoring, tied the score at 5-5 on an RBI fielder’s choice in the eighth inning.”

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CBS Sports reports that Paul Goldschmidt hit a home run and an RBI fielder's choice in the 8th to tie the score 5-5. Other sources mention Goldschmidt but in the context of the Cardinals or different games.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 9, 2026 ... The veteran first baseman added an RBI on a fielder's choice in the eighth frame to tie the score 5-5. Goldschmidt has hit safely in 11 of ...
https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/news/yankees-paul…

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web search NEUTRAL — 12 hours ago ... The Cardinals have now won 4 straight. St. Louis used a clutch hit from Paul Goldschmidt to get the win. The first baseman drilled a 2-run home ...
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web search NEUTRAL — 3 days ago ... Arizona storms back, scoring five runs in the 6th inning to win in walk-off fashion courtesy of a two-run single from Madison Braden.
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Claim 8: “Entering with a runner on first and no outs in the sixth, Paul Blackburn was greeted by Angel Martínez’s go-ahead two-run home run to give the Guardians a 5-4 lead.”

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Claim 9: “Warren needed 91 pitches to get through 4 ¹/₃ innings”

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Claim 10: “Bellinger’s tiebreaking one-out single in the 10th inning scored automatic runner Ali Sánchez and the runner that scared the Guardians into an intentional walk (Ben Rice) as the Yankees beat the Guardians 7-5”

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Two independent sources (AP and Pinstripes Nation) confirm Cody Bellinger hit a two-run single in the 10th inning to give the Yankees a 7-5 victory over the Guardians on June 8, 2026.

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Claim 11: “All-Star right-handed slugger José Ramírez flied out to end the sixth and eighth innings, both times with two runners on.”

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Claim 12: “It was the second time in six days that the Yankees touched up Gavin Williams... for a pair of home runs.”

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Claim 13: “The Guardians erased a 3-0 deficit in the third inning with three runs on three hits, a wild pitch and a two-out run-scoring error by José Caballero”

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Claim 14: “David Bednar, the seventh reliever, recorded the final five outs”

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Multiple sources (Facebook and a news report) confirm David Bednar recorded the final five outs of a game for the Yankees.

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web search NEUTRAL — Aug 6, 2025 ... No photo description available. ... It's only one game, but Bednar may very well be the Yankees new closer. Boone came out to get him and Bednar ...
https://www.facebook.com/talkinyanks/posts/david-bednar-deli…

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web search NEUTRAL — Aug 6, 2025 ... ... five-game losing streak before going home. Bednar got the final five outs, all on strikeouts, in their . The game-ending one came with two ...
https://worldbaseball.com/david-bednar-goes-longer-than-expe…

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web search NEUTRAL — 3 days ago ... ... game when David Bednar is on the mound ... The Yankees earned the win thanks to Bednar, who recorded the final five outs.
https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/yankees-confident-in-clos…

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Claim 15: “He won his previous start last Wednesday in The Bronx by limiting the damage to three runs over 5 ¹/₃ innings”

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Claim 16: “The Yankees hadn’t won an extra-inning game all season”

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While web search results mention the Yankees losing in extra innings to the Rays on April 13, 2026, there is no specific evidence confirming they had zero wins in extra innings for the entire season prior to the game in question.

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