Yankees Max Fried brings more heat and picks up 17th win

Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees.BOSTON — Max Fried has spent most of the season throwing his four-seam fastball at a wide range of speeds.On Saturday, with a lot on the line and not a lot of time left in the season, that meant a lot more at the higher end of the spectrum.Fried came out firing for the Yankees, with a bump in velocity that featured a pair of early strikeouts on 99 mph heaters in a 5-3 win over the Red Sox at Fenway Park.“Feeling good physically and also adrenaline,” Fried said in explaining the uptick in velocity, which included four of his six fastest pitches this season.

“The boys came out and scored early and just wanted to make sure I put up a zero.Really felt the energy.

Big crowd, big game, so had a lot of adrenaline and tried to use it as best I could.”Fried was not his sharpest early on and gave up a season-high nine hits.But he settled in to give the Yankees 5 ¹/₃ innings of two-run ball while picking up his MLB-leading 17th win of the year.

He got Alex Bregman whiffing at a 99 mph fastball in the first inning before striking out Ceddanne Rafaela on another 99 mph fastball in the second inning to help get out of a jam and strand runners on second and third.The left-hander also got some help from his defense — and the Red Sox — in that second inning.After Fried walked the leadoff man on four pitches, Nick Sogard lofted a single to left field that Jasson Domínguez fielded and fired to third to nail Nate Eaton.“I thought his stuff was really good,” manager Aaron Boone said.

“He’s 97-98 typically when he steps on a four-seam.Today he was 98-99.

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