Oct. 15 (UPI) — Carlos Rodon allowed just three hits and one run while striking out nine in six innings to silence the Cleveland Guardians and give the New York Yankees a 1-0 lead in the American League Championship Series.

Outfielder Juan Soto and design hitter Giancarlo Stanton each homered in Monday’s 5-2 victory at Yankee Stadium. The Yankees host the Guardians in Game 2 in New York on Tuesday.

“That was a dominant performance in Game 1 of the championship series,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said of Rodon. “That was very good to see him in charge. Because he is intense. He is emotional sometimes. I thought he controlled all that so well.

“That’s what he’s capable of when he gets dialed in like that.”

Rodon retired 15 of the first 17 batters he faced, including a streak of 11 consecutive batters. Soto put the first run on the scoreboard with a 400-foot solo shot to start the bottom of the third. The Yankees scored two more runs on wild pitches in the same inning.

Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge scored second baseman Gleyber Torres with a sacrifice fly in the fourth for a 4-0 lead.

The Guardians finally got on the scoreboard when shortstop Brayan Rocchio hit a solo homer from 350 feet to lead off the sixth. Stanton responded with a 400-foot solo homer in the seventh.

Guardians left fielder Steven Kwan brought in the final run of the game with an RBI single in the eighth. Yankees relief pitcher Luke Weaver then entered the game and did not allow a hit or run over the final 1 2/3 innings to earn his fourth save of the postseason.

The top-seeded Yankees will host the No. 2 Guardians in Game 2 on Tuesday at 7:38 PM EDT on TBS. Game 3 is Thursday in Cleveland.

The winner of the best-of-seven game series will meet the winner of the National League Championship Series in the World Series. The No. 6 New York Mets defeated the top-seeded Los Angeles Dodgers 7-3 in Game 2 on Monday in Los Angeles to even that series at 1-1.

Game 3 of the NLCS is Thursday at 8:08 PM in Queens.