Yankees manager Aaron Boone addressed his decision to pull starting pitcher Max Fried after 6 1/3 shutout innings Monday night during Game 1 of the American League Wild Card series. Fried had given up just four hits.

The Yankee bullpen gave up four hits and three runs after Fried left the game. The bulk of the damage came on a two-run single from Masataka Yoshida off of Luke Weaver.

On Wednesday, Boone explained why he thought it was the right move to go to the bullpen.

“They pressured him pretty good in the fourth, fifth, sixth. They had a couple of baserunners each inning. I felt like he kind of cruised through the first few, and obviously he ends up pitching great but I felt like he had to work pretty hard.

“I was going to have the sixth be the end, but once we finished with the d

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