Yankees bats, reliable Max Fried power convincing win over Blue Jays

Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees.The Yankees entered Sunday having lost three of four and four of their past six.But they had the perfect solution for their recent bump in the road: a start from Max Fried.Fried delivered another terrific outing, and the Yankees won for the sixth time in the left-hander’s six starts this season.He’s yet to allow more than two earned runs in an outing.It helped that Toronto right-hander Kevin Gausman imploded in a six-run third, as the Yankees pulled away for an 11-2 victory in the first game of Sunday’s doubleheader in The Bronx.The Yankees trailed 1-0 entering the bottom of the third, but drew five walks and got a three-run double from Austin Wells.It was their biggest scoring output since they put up a dozen runs against the Brewers on March 30.Fried wasn’t as crisp as his previous outing, when he flirted with a no-hitter against the Rays, but he allowed just one run in six innings and his ERA actually ticked up to 1.43.Still, he’s been everything the Yankees could ask for since signing a seven-year, $218 million deal as their Juan Soto consolation prize.Fried allowed a grounder to third by Bo Bichette to start the game and Oswaldo Cabrera threw high to first, allowing Bichette to end up on second base in what was ruled a single and an error.A Fried wild pitch sent Bichette to third and Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s groundout drove in the game’s first run.Fried issued a four-pitch walk to Anthony Santander and a two-out single to Alejandro Kirk to extend the inning before a walk to Andres Gimenez loaded the bases.

But Fried got Ernie Clement to pop out to right.A pair of one-out singles gave Toronto another threat in the second, and with Guerrero at the plate again, Fried caught Myles Straw off second and Straw was out after a rundown.Guerrero flied out to keep it a one-run game.The Yankee offense came alive in the ...