Vaunted Yankee Pitching Continues to Dominate. NY 5 Seattle 0

April 1, 2026 paperbacklou 2026 0
Max Fried strikes out Rob Refsnyder with big, beautiful curveball.

Another game, another great Yankee pitching performance — this time by Max Fried, again — 7 innings of 3-hit shutout baseball and the bullpen of lefties Brent Headrick and Tim Hill wrapped up for a 5-0 win over the Mariners in Seattle on a Tuesday night.

Fried pitched 6.1 shutout innings in his first start vs San Fran — he is now 2-0 with a 0.00 ERA.

Trent Grisham, Cody Bellinger, Ben Rice, and Giancarlo Stanton provided the offense– each of them getting 2 hits with Rice driving in a run and Giancarlo driving in 2.

Rice and Giancarlo both knocked in runs in the top of the 1st (off an RBI double and RBI single respectively) to give NY an early 2-0 lead. Giancarlo knocked in another run on an RBI double in the 6th and Jazz Chisholm Jr. followed with an RBI single to make it 5-0 NY and that was all she wrote as NY’s vaunted pitching staff threw down their 3rd shutout in 5 games.

Imagine when Gerrit Cole and Carlos Rodon get back, and when Luis Gil is returned from the minors — there because the Yanks had no room for him on the roster.

All of NY’s offense sans Chisholm’s RBI single came against Seattle Ace Logan Gilbert.

“I thought we had some good at bats against him really up and down,” said manager Aaron Boone afterwards about the NY offense against Gilbert. “Gris set a good tone at the top; Belli, Benny, and Big G with some big hits in there. and the tack-on was good.”

“He was terrific tonite,” added Boone about Fried “He was on point from the start; just in total control of the game. Had everything going for him; different ways to get you out. I thought he changed speeds really well. Had good life to his fastball, just back and forth. Used all his secondary.”

NY improves to 4-1; Seattle drops to 3-3.

1. Yanks Jump on Top 2-0 in 1st

Seattle Ace Logan Gilbert got the first 2 outs of the game — Trent Grisham on a fly and striking out Aaron Judge — but NY struck like lightning: Cody Bellinger with a single, and Ben Rice with an RBI double to right for a 1-0 Yankee lead.

Next batter Giancarlo Stanton hit a pop up to right that fell into no-man’s land and it was 2-0 Yanks.

2. NY Makes It 5-0 in 6th

After that Logan Gilbert settled down. He:

  • Retired the side in order in the 2nd,
  • Got Judge to hit into a double play in the 3rd to ruin a leadoff single by Trent Grisham, and then allowed a single to Bellinger — who was cut down by Cal Raleigh trying to steal.
  • Got Stanton to hit into a double play in the 4th after a leadoff walk by Ben Rice, and
  • Pitched a 1-2-3 inning in the 5th.

But in the 6th, Grisham led off with a ground rule double, and after Judge struck out, Cody Bellinger singled to center to put runners on 1st and 3rd.

Bellinger then tried to steal 2nd again — as he had in the 3rd — and this time Cal Raleigh threw the ball away and Grisham scored. NY 3 Seattle 0.

Ben Rice then walked to put runners on 1st and 2nd — and Giancarlo Stanton ripped a double to left to make it 4-0 NY.

Logan Gilbert was relieved by Chris Wilcox, and Jazz Chisholm Jr. greeted him with an RBI single to right for a 5-0 NY lead.

3. Fried Dominant

Meanwhile Max Fried was absolutely dominant — his curveball was wicked, and his multi-speed fastball — that runs 91-97 MPH — confusing Seattle hitters. His 91-MPH cutter and 87-MPH changeup completed the package.

Fried allowed a 2-out walk in the 1st, and pitched a 1-2-3 inning in the 2nd — helped by a nice catch by Trent Grisham on a liner by the leadoff batter.

Fried continued with a 1-2-3 inning in the 3rd, allowed but a 2-out single in the 4th, and threw a 1-2-3 inning in the 5th and 6th.

Fried started to tire in the 7th — allowing an leadoff infield single, but got a double play. He then hit Randy Arozarena with a pitch and allowed a single to Brendan Donovan — but got Leo Robles to line out to right to end the inning and his outing.

4. Headrick & Hill Complete the Shutout

Big 6’6 lefty Brent Headrick pitched the 8th with a 5-0 lead — and allowed but a 1-out single but that was it — he got Rob Refsnyder to pop up and struck out Cal Raleigh to end the inning.

And big 6’4 lefty Tim Hill came in for the 9th — and it was fly out, ground out, ground out for the old ballgame.

The Boxscore

https://www.espn.com/mlb/boxscore/_/gameId/401814762

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