In that third frame, Guardians star third baseman José Ramírez blasted a three-run home run with one man out. It came on a sweeper that Schmidt tugged down and in across the zone. It wasn’t a terrible spot, but Ramírez was all over it, sending the 0-1 pitch 390 feet to right. Schmidt said after the game that he got the pitch to where he wanted it.

In his second start of 2025, Yankees' right-hander Clarke Schmidt lasted four innings in a 6-4 Guardians win at Cleveland.

The latter proved far more costly as the Guardians scored four times, three of those runs coming in on a homer by perennial AL MVP candidate Jose Ramirez. Schmidt never got on a roll and the Yankees offense,