Max Fried has not only stepped up as the team’s ace in Gerrit Cole’s absence, but he has excelled in the role of stopper, pitching to a 0.66 ERA in six starts immediately following a Yankees loss, the Bombers winning all six of those contests. There was extra pressure to maintain that trend tonight, Fried coming off his worst start of the season last time out against the Dodgers , and he shoved yet again for six scoreless innings. Cody Bellinger got the Yankees on the board early with a two-run bomb, and a pair of RBI singles from Bellinger and Jazz Chisholm Jr. in the seventh and some gutsy relief work by Tim Hill locked up the 4-0 victory and another series win.

Fried got himself into a bit of a jam in the first, tallying a pair of quick strikeouts of Steven Kwan and Angel Martínez,

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