“Baseball, I mean, you know,” Aaron Boone said after Wednesday’s yawn-filled 4-0 loss to the Guardians in The Bronx. “I thought we got pitched pretty tough. You know, we just didn’t have a great night. I mean, it happens in the 162, so get another opportunity and go win a series tomorrow.”

Sure enough, the Yankees reversed the result Thursday night with a 4-0 win as the best-scoring offense in the American League rapped out 10 hits.

Blips will happen. But the Yankees took the rubber game against Cleveland and now have won 12 of their past 16 games heading into a weekend series against the Red Sox, who do have some things to worry about.

The Yankees (38-23) are 9.5 games ahead of the Red Sox (30-34) in the AL East. Boston, mired in fourth place in the AL East, also trail the Blue Jays and Rays by four games.