Juan Soto homers, Cody Poteet wins New York debut as Yankees sweep Guardians and improve to 12-3 Boston 25 News [Video]

CLEVELAND — (AP) — Juan Soto hit a three-run homer and Cody Poteet pitched six solid innings in his debut for New York as the Yankees won 8-2 to sweep a doubleheader on Saturday over the Cleveland Guardians and continue one of the strongest starts in their storied history.

New York took the opener 3-2.

The Yankees are 12-3 for the seventh time and first since 2003, when they made one of their 40 trips to the World Series. They’re 8-1 on the road, and have won their first five series for just the third time (1923 and 2010).

New York’s lineup is potent from top to bottom.

“It’s been impressive,” Aaron Judge said of the Yankees’ early offense. “We do a great job of wearing down the starting pitching, and when you do that, it kind of forces the hand of teams to go to their bullpen and bring in certain guys they don’t want to in situations.”

Soto, acquired by the club in …