Behind Max Fried, who has pitched unbelievably for the Yankees this season, they defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 3-0. The game was played at Yankee Stadium. Yorbit Vivas made his major league debut for the Yankees at second base, almost directly behind Fried. Fried had a microscopic 1.19 earned run average and had struck out 33 batters coming into the game. The Yankees have won all six of the games he has started. Do you think the Yankees will win all of his starts this year?
Lineups
The Tampa Bay Rays had speedster Chandler Simpson batting first and playing center field. Yandy Díaz was the designated hitter and batted second. Junior Caminero batted third and was the third baseman. Jonathan Aranda was the first baseman and batted fourth. He has cooled off considerably. Christopher Morel was the left fielder and was batting fifth. José Caballero was the shortstop and batted sixth. Kameron Misner was the right fielder and batted seventh. Curtis Mead was the second baseman and batted eighth. Danny Jansen was the catcher and batted ninth.
For the Yankees, Trent Grisham batted first and was the center fielder. Aaron Judge batted second and was the right fielder. Ben Rice was the designated hitter and batted third. He might be a good person to hit behind Judge. Paul Goldschmidt was the first baseman and batted fourth. Cody Bellinger was the left fielder and batted fifth. Anthony Volpe was the shortstop, batting sixth. Austin Wells was the catcher and batted seventh. Oswaldo Cabrera was the third baseman batting eighth. Vivas made his major league debut and was the second baseman, batting ninth.
Scoring Summary: Behind Max Fried, Yanks Win
In the fifth inning, Goldschmidt hit a three-run home run. Judge and Vivas scored, and the Yankees took a 3-0 lead. At the time, there were no runs in the game, though it felt like the Yankees were behind, but with the way Fried pitches, this may be an insurmountable lead.
Game Notes
The weather was much warmer today than it was yesterday. At game time, it was in the low 78 at game time and there was a slight chance of a thunderstorm after the game. Judge is batting .427 and leading Major League Baseball in just about every offensive category. We may be witnessing the greatest offensive performance in history.
The Yankees placed starting second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. on the 10-Day Injured List, retroactive to Wednesday, and recalled Vivas from AAA Scranton. He made his major league debut in this game. The stars were out at Yankee Stadium tonight. Judge was the American League offensive player of the month. Fried was the American League pitcher of the month.
Fried picked Caballero off of first base in the top of the second inning. That was not surprising, Fried now has 32 career pickoffs. The most in Major League Baseball since 2017. Here is a little-known fact. All players have the red, white, and blue Major League Baseball logo at the center of the back of their jersey, near their neckline. Except if you won a Cy Young award the previous season or a Most Valuable Player, like Aaron Judge. In their case, the logo is gold.
Conclusion
This was an important game for the Yankees. It was a divisional game, which counts twice as much in the standings. The Yankees are in first place now, but they cannot afford to fall behind. The Yankees had the pitching advantage in this game, but they did not in either of the two games this weekend. It will be interesting to see in those games who gets the start at second base in the wake of the injury to Jazz Chisholm Jr.
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