Overview

• Fried struck out seven over six shutout innings, allowing four hits and three walks on 99 pitches to lower his ERA to 3.14.
• He emphasized variety by throwing seven different pitches and cutting back on his cutter by design.
• Boston’s Brayan Bello blanked New York for seven innings with three hits and one walk, improving to 10-6 and extending his season dominance of the Yankees to 14 scoreless frames.
• The Yankees mustered only three singles and never advanced a runner past first base, falling to 1-7 against Boston this season.
• The outing marked a needed rebound after Fried’s rough July and early August, though a high pitch count limited his length and the loss dropped New York back into the second AL wild-card spot.