Max Fried, offense dominate Royals to end Yankees two-game skid

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— Max Fried’s terrific start to the season does not need any qualifiers.The Yankees left-hander has been a smashing success in just about every way two-plus months into an eight-year, $218 million contract.But when the Yankees have needed him the most — coming off a loss — he has found a way to be even better.That trend continued on Tuesday, with the Yankees coming off back-to-back losses to the Red Sox and a series in which their starting pitchers got roughed up.Fried’s answer? Seven innings of two-run ball on the way to a 10-2 win over the Royals at Kauffman Stadium.In eight starts after a Yankees loss this season, Fried is 7-0 with a 0.83 ERA.Fried’s batterymate Austin Wells supported the cause with a five-RBI game while Aaron Judge crushed a 469-foot, two-run blast to start the night off.The Yankees (40-25) blew the game open with a five-run sixth inning, keyed by Wells’ two-run double, as they cruised in their first game back here since clinching the ALDS last October.The only concern was Jazz Chisholm Jr.

leaving the game in the seventh with neck tightness, one inning after his head collided with third baseman Maikel Garcia’s knee on a steal.The Yankees scored 23 runs in three games against the Red Sox over the weekend, but dropped two of three because their starters did not do their jobs.The offensive attack continued on Tuesday, and this time Fried made it a breezy night against the Royals (34-33), whose lineup does not offer the same kind of threat as the Red Sox.The only real damage off Fried was Jonathan India’s leadoff home run in the sixth inning, which pulled the Royals within 10-2.They had also scored a run in the second inning — at the time cutting the Yankees lead in half, 2-1 — on a squibber to third base, a bloop to shallow left-center field, a double play ball that ...