Max Fried’s Return Powers Yankees to Split With Pirates

Overview

• The Yankees and Pirates split Wednesday’s doubleheader at Yankee Stadium with New York winning Game 2, 2-0, after Pittsburgh took the opener in 10 innings.
• Max Fried returned from a left-elbow bone bruise absence and threw five scoreless innings with seven strikeouts while allowing one hit on a 57-pitch outing.
• Rookie Bubba Chandler delivered 6.1 innings of two-hit, scoreless ball but was removed after 84 pitches for reliever Brandon Eisert, who walked Cody Bellinger and preceded the two seventh-inning hits that produced the go-ahead runs.
• Paul Blackburn worked two hitless innings to escape a seventh-inning jam and Tim Hill closed the game on an upheld groundout for the save.
• Short-term roster moves and bullpen usage shaped the night as Jake Mangum was scratched for examination, Noah Murdock served as the doubleheader’s 27th man, and both teams now adjust rotation and relief plans for upcoming series.