Fried has allowed over two runs just once all year, with the outlier coming in a six-run outing vs. the Los Angeles Dodgers on May 30. The Yankees knew they were gaining a frontli

Arguably the best pitcher in the American League escaped that first-inning jam by inducing a pop-up to Santana, which essentially was the first and only Guardians chance against Fried in a 4-0, series-clinching Yankees victory in front of 41,665 in The Bronx on Thursday.

LOS ANGELES — Yankees left-hander Max Fried showed a different side on the Dodger Stadium mound Friday night, then another standing at his locker talking about his first loss. Two batters into an 8-5 Dodgers win, Aaron Judge hit a first-inning homer for a 1-0 Yankees lead in the opener of this World Series rematch weekend.