Max Fried stifles Red Sox as Yankees complete Wild Card sweep, advance to ALDS
Max Fried waited nearly a year for this. Last postseason, Fried was lined up to start a decisive Game 5 in the ALDS, only for the Toronto Blue Jays to eliminate his Yankees in four games. That meant the final start of Fried’s debut Yankee season was an Oct. 5 loss in which he surrendered seven runs over three innings in Toronto — a bitter shortcoming he said motivated him over the offseason. ...
Max Fried, who had faced a similar setback in last year's ALDS, delivered a dominant performance in Wednesday night's Game 2 of the Wild Card Series against the Boston Red Sox. The 32-year-old right-hander held the Red Sox to just one run over six innings, striking out six over 98 pitches. Fried's stellar outing continued in the bottom of the sixth, as he delivered six more runs to break the game open and secure a 9-2 victory for the Yankees.
This was Fried's first playoff start since his dismal performance in Game 5 of last year's ALDS, where he surrendered seven runs in three innings. The Yankees will now face the Tampa Bay Rays in the ALDS, with Game 1 scheduled for Saturday in St. Petersburg, Fla.
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