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Max Fried Fans 13 as Yankees Blank Orioles, Tighten AL East Chase

The seven scoreless frames kept New York within three games of Toronto with nine to play.

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Sep 13, 2025; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; New York Yankees starting pitcher Max Fried (54) pitches against the Boston Red Sox during the first inning at Fenway Park. Mandatory Credit: Eric Canha-Imagn Images

Overview

  • Fried tied his career high with 13 strikeouts over seven dominant innings, allowing three hits and one walk on 87 pitches in a 7-0 win at Camden Yards.
  • The left-hander improved to 18-5 and has set single-season career highs in wins, innings (188 1/3) and strikeouts (182), with his 18 victories leading MLB.
  • Amed Rosario opened the scoring with a two-run single in the first, Austin Wells added an RBI in the fifth, and a four-run seventh featured a Paul Goldschmidt RBI single, an Aaron Judge sacrifice fly and a Giancarlo Stanton two-run double.
  • Reliever Paul Blackburn delivered a clean finish, working a perfect eighth and a tidy ninth to preserve the shutout.
  • New York moved to 86-67, remains atop the AL Wild Card field with a two-game cushion over Houston and Seattle, and trails the Blue Jays by three in the AL East as the series continues in Baltimore.