As far as Tuesdays in June go, this one wasn’t pretty in The Bronx.

Not only did Aaron Judge miss his first game of the season with the bone bruise near his right shoulder that was diagnosed a day earlier, Cam Schlittler, who started the day as the American League Cy Young favorite, delivered his worst outing of the season.

It ended with a bullpen in need of reinforcements getting knocked around, as the Yankees fell to Cleveland 9-4 and have lost nine of their 12 games against teams above .500.

“His stuff was down just a tick,” Aaron Boone said of Schlitter. “The past couple of times it’s been a little bit down. … He lacked some of his normal power and location.”

Boone added he wasn’t concerned about Schlittler being off and the right-hander acknowledged, “I just didn’t have my stuff [and] they had a good approach and made me fight.”

Schlittler, so important to the rotation while the Yankees were without Gerrit Cole and Carlos Rodón, said he wasn’t pleased with his four-seam fastball and his mechanics were affected.

It was a rare slip for Schlittler after the Yankees entered the game having won six of their past seven and came back to the Stadium to face the Guardians, leading the AL Central despite the second-lowest payroll in the majors ($88 million).

Cleveland got the better of Yankees pitching time and time again, and after the Yankees scored four runs off lefty Joey Cantillo in just four innings, Cleveland’s bullpen shut them down.

It all started with Schlittler’s clunker, as he allowed a career-high five runs, four earned, in just 4 ¹/₃ innings.

He retired the first seven batters he faced before light-hitting catcher Patrick Bailey tripled to center with one out and scored on a sacrifice fly by Brayan Rocchio.

The Yankees went ahead in the bottom of the inning on Paul Goldschmidt’s two-run homer, as Goldschmidt played with a tight back.

He had three hits through four innings before the Yankees went cold.

Cleveland’s offense made them pay, as Kyle Manzardo took Schlittler deep to right to put the Yankees in a 3-2 hole in the fourth.

Goldschmidt delivered again in the bottom of the inning, this time with a two-run single to right to put the Yankees up, 4-3.

But the Guardians got to Schlittler again in the fifth.

The bottom of the lineup loaded the bases with no one out in the fifth with a Steven Kwan single, a costly error by Amed Rosario at third on Bailey’s grounder and a hit by pitch by Rocchio.

Following a visit from pitching coach Matt Blake, Travis Bazzana’s sacrifice fly tied it and José Ramirez doubled to right to drive in another run, as the Yankees fell behind and Schlitter’s night was over.

Brent Headrick got out of the inning, but Cleveland added to their lead in the seventh against the struggling Tim Hill, as Rocchio singled, stole second and then swiped third by taking off from second and beating Hill to the bag, with Rosario far from the base.

Ramirez doubled in Rocchio to make it 6-4.

Cleveland tried to give the Yankees new life in the bottom of the frame.

Cody Bellinger was on first base with two out when Trent Grisham popped up in front of the plate down the third base line.

Ramirez bumped Bailey, the catcher, who dropped it to extend the inning, but Volpe grounded out.

Camilo Doval allowed a three-run double to Bazzana to seal it for the Guardians.

“We didn’t hold them down enough,” Boone said. “Especially with Cam, you put four [runs] on the board, you’re usually gonna be in position to win, but it got away from us late.”