Slade Cecconi threw six innings against the Yankees on Thursday, striking out four while allowing just one earned run.

It was a Judge-less Yankees outfit, but this is a pretty good result for Cecconi. He did get some help from an inning-ending double play in the fourth inning, when the Guardians hit the cutoff man on a sacrifice fly and threw out Jose Caballero at third base. Still, Cecconi was getting plenty of whiffs with his cutter and curveall -- nine in 23 swings -- and looked good in lowering his season ERA to 4.92. He’ll be tasked with another start against the Yankees next week, and assuming Judge isn’t back yet, would probably be a decent-if-unexciting stream option.