Yankees' Wednesday afternoon lineup at Cleveland

CLEVELAND – In position to leave Progressive Field with a three-game sweep, the Yankees will have Carlos Rodon on the mound for Wednesday’s 1:10 p.m. matinee against the Guardians.

Last Thursday at Yankee Stadium, Rodon went six innings and yielded one run in a 2-1 Yanks victory versus Cleveland, helping to avoid a three-game sweep by the Guards.

In his fifth start of the year, Rodon – coming off an elbow procedure last October – struck out seven and lowered his ERA to 2.88.

Cleveland is due to start lefty Parker Messick (6-2, 2.40 ERA), who has never faced the Yankees.

Yanks manager Aaron Boone has the right-handed lineup in there except for Max Schuemann, who is on the bench, with Anthony Volpe back at shortstop and Jose Caballero in right field.

Lefty-hitting Jazz Chisholm Jr. is at second base; his last two home runs, including Tuesday night, have been hit off lefty pitchers.

Per Baseball-Reference.com, Messick’s 2.7 WAR among starting pitchers ranks tied for second in the AL, with Chicago’s Davis Martin. The leader, at 3.2, is Cam Schlittler.

Here is the Yankees’ lineup today:

1. Paul Goldschmidt, DH
2. Ben Rice, 1B
3. Cody Bellinger, LF
4. Amed Rosario, 3B
5. Trent Grisham, CF
6. Jose Caballero, RF
7. Jazz Chisholm Jr., 2B
8. Anthony Volpe, SS
9. Ali Sanchez, C

And here is the Guardians’ lineup vs. Rodon:

1. Angel Martinez, RF
2. Jose Ramirez, DH
3. Rhys Hoskins, 1B
4. David Fry, LF
5. Travis Bazzana, 2B
6. Stuart Fairchild, CF
7. Daniel Schneemann, 3B
8. Austin Hedges, C
9. Brayan Rocchio, SS

This article originally appeared on NorthJersey.com: Yankees’ Wednesday afternoon lineup at Cleveland