Last weekend when the AL East-leading New York Yankees (then 30-19) visited Coors Field to play the historically bad Colorado Rockies (then 8-42), a sweep seemed inevitable.
Reality hit on Friday night when RHP Tanner Gordon led the Rockies to a surprising 3-2 win.
The next day, however, Max Fried would set things right as he dazzled over 7 â…“ innings, striking out seven and giving up six hits that would result in only one run. As he told media after the game, his fastball was working, and he used it aggressively to shut down a feeble Rockies offense.
Fried was also in top defensive form, picking
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