Overview

• Max Fried delivered a dominant performance with seven scoreless innings and 11 strikeouts, helping the Yankees secure a 4-3 win over the Tigers on April 9, 2025.
• The Yankees avoided a series sweep, ending their three-game losing streak while snapping the Tigers' five-game winning streak.
• Fried outdueled his former high school teammate Jack Flaherty, who pitched 5 1/3 innings with nine strikeouts for Detroit.
• The Yankees' rotation continues to rely heavily on Fried following injuries to Gerrit Cole and Luis Gil, with Fried's recent improvement offering hope for stability.
• Ben Rice's two-run homer and Aaron Judge's two-run single in the ninth inning provided crucial run support in the narrow victory.