"They pressured him pretty good in the fourth, fifth, sixth. They had a couple of baserunners each inning. I felt like he kind of cruised through the first few, and obviously he ends up pitching great but I felt like he had to work pretty hard. I was going to have the sixth be the end, but once we finished with the double play, I wanted him to go out and get [Jarren] Duran and then felt like we were lined up."
"He's just making so many big pitches, and his stuff was good. He gave us what we needed and felt really good about the outing he put forth, but I felt pretty convicted. Especially we got the double play, it's like, 'Let's go get one more hitter and be good.'"
"But, I definitely had enough in the tank for whatever the team needed, but [Boone] was confident enough to give the ball to [Weaver] in that situation."
Max Fried exited after 6 1/3 shutout innings despite allowing four hits, with Yankees management citing repeated baserunners and increased effort in middle innings. Aaron Boone said Fried had to work hard, showed diminished command late, and he wanted to take advantage of a double play to bring in one more hitter before turning the game over to the bullpen. The Yankee relievers gave up four hits and three runs, including a two‑run single by Masataka Yoshida off Luke Weaver. Fried said he still had enough stamina to continue but accepted the managerial decision. Garret Crochet retired 17 straight batters over 7 2/3 innings, allowing only an early Volpe homer.
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