NEW YORK – Max Fried and Garrett Crochet delivered the duel that had been promised for Game 1 of the American League Wild Card Series, two of the finest at their craft squaring off under a playoff stage, adding another tense chapter to the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry.

Early on, the home team seemed to play every card correctly: Manager Aaron Boone loaded his lineup with right-handed bats, watching José Caballero and Amed Rosario reward the decision with crisp defense behind Fried, who blanked the Red Sox in his pinstriped playoff debut.

But that momentum shifted with a seventh-inning call to the bullpen. Luke Weaver faced three batters and retired none, surrendering Masataka Yoshida’s pinch-hit two-run single in the Yankees’ 3-1 loss to the Red Sox on Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium.

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