1 for the defending AL champs, largely due to the Bronx comfort factor and pinstriped seniority? We’d call it a tie. No offense to Rodon, but the Yankees gave him $162 million to be Gerrit Cole ...

The Yankees went 0 for 5 with runners in scoring position. New York, playing Cleveland for the first time since winning last year's AL Championship Series, lost for the second time in eight games.

His four silver bats are the second-most in Yankees history ... win is a World Series ring. That may take a while, however, given how many injuries the defending AL champs have already endured ...