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TORONTO — In an on-paper mismatch that pitted ace Max Fried against rookie Trey Yesavage, the Yankees All-Star looked like the far more underwhelming arm.
Fried exited in the fourth inning — recording just one more out than Luis Gil had a night earlier — and was charged with seven runs on eight hits and two walks in a startling Game 2 dud at Rogers Centre on Sunday.
Two of those runs scored after Fried exited. He handed a two-on, none-out jam to Will Warren in the fourth.
In his postseason debut, Warren loaded the bases with a walk and later surrendered a grand slam to Vladimir Guerrero Jr. t