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.

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,