Rosario Bomb Backs Max Fried Gem. NY 4 Boston 1

April 23, 2026 paperbacklou 2026 0
Amed Rosario rips 3-run Bomb over the Green Monster for a 3-0 Yankee lead in the 1st.

Just like the night before, the Yanks put 4 runs on the board due in large measure to a bomb over the Green Monster, and the Yankee starter threw a shutout into the late innings.

This time it was Amed Rosario with a 3-run Bomb in the 1st — plus a sac fly in the 3rd — and Max Fried with a 3-hit shutout for 8 innings and a 4-1 win over the Red Sox on a Cold Wednesday night at Fenway.

Tim Hill got into and out of a bit of a jam in the 9th, helped by a nice play at short by Jose Caballero and great pick at 1st by Paul Goldschmidt to end the game. It was the Yankees’ 5th straight win.

The game also featured two Graig Nettles -esq plays by Ryan McMahon in the late innings — just after he had been put into the game for Rosario when the Red Sox switched from their lefty starter (Ranger Suarez) to a righty reliever. All of Aaron Boone‘s moves paid off.

“He got into such a good groove there,” said manager Aaron Boone afterwards about Fried. “I think he was frustrated with the 2 early walks that he allowed, and went from the stretch the rest of the way and got into a really good groove where he had everything working. I thought his off-speed stuff was great all night. A gem right there.”

NY improves to 15-9, the best record in the AL and in 1st by 2 games over Tampa. Boston falls to 9-15.

1. Rosario 3-Run Bomb Over Monster in 1st

The Red Sox started Ranger Suarez, the 30-year-old, 6’2 lefty who spent his entire career with Philly before Boston to a 6-year, $26M a year contract this winter. Suarez went 12-8 both last year and the year before, and is known as a tough lefty.

Yankee manager Aaron Boone sat Ben Rice against the lefty after Rice went 0-4 with 4 strikeouts the night before against lefty Connelly Early, instead starting righty Paul Goldschmidt at 1st. Boone also put righty-batting Amed Rosario at 3rd in the normal platoon, with lefty Ryan McMahon on the bench.

Rosario has been a tremendous pickup by the Yanks at last year’s trade deadline — picking him up from Washington for Clayton Beeter and Browm Martinez. NY signed him this winter to a 1-year deal for $2.5 M. The 30-year-old 3rd baseman who can also play 2nd and outfield has averaged 12-64-.273 (.308 OBP) for every 162 games after coming up as a stud shortstop with the Mets.

“He was an instant presence for us last year when he came over at the deadline and we needed right-handed presence,” said Boone about Rosario. “And obviously what he’s become in that room, and just what a good teammate he is. He was one of those guys that we wanted to make sure we brought back if we could.”

Yankee management moves paid off from the get go in this game.

Paul Goldschmidt was the leadoff batter and he worked a 10-pitch at bat against Suarez before grounding out. Next batter Aaron Judge worked a 7-pitch walk on a 3-2 pitch. Cody Bellinger fell behind 0-2 but worked the count 2-2 before striking out. Already Suarez was at 22 pitches when Giancarlo Stanton Ripped a double off the Green Monster — sending Judge to 3rd.

And then Amed Rosario blasted an 81-MPH changeup high into the night over the Green Monster for a 3-0 Yankee lead.

2. Rosario Sac Fly in 3rd Makes It 4-0 Yanks

Suarez settled down and pitched a 1-2-3 inning in the 2nd, but the top of the Yankee lineup came around again in the 3rd — and this time it was Aaron Judge leading off with a single, Bellinger lining out to 2nd, and Big G ripping another double to left off the Green Monster to put 2nd and 3rd with 1 out.

Amed Rosario hit a sac fly to left for a 4-0 Yankee lead.

3. Fried Throws an Absolute Gem with His Curveball

And that was all the Yanks would need as their Ace Max Fried was on the mound — and he threw a 3-hit shutout for 8 innings, striking out 9 and walking 2.

It didn’t start out great for Fried — he worked around a 1-out walk in the 1st, then allowed a leadoff walk to Andruw Monasterio and a double to Jarren Duran putting runners on 2nd and 3rd with nobody out.

Fried’s realized his fastball wasn’t sharp, so went to his curveball and off-speed pitches — and struck out Caleb Durbin, Connor Wong, and Isiah Kiner-Falefa — all swinging at curveballs.

And that was it for the Red Sox. Fried pitched around a 2-out single in the 3rd, and a 1-out double in the 4th — getting easy grounders and fly outs. He then retired 14 in a row — pitching a 1-2-3 inning in the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th — leaving with a 4-0 lead.

4. McMahon Defensive Heroics

Fried was helped by two spectacular plays down 3rd by Ryan McMahon — which left older fans thinking they were watching Graig Nettles.

McMahon made a terrific play down 3rd with an amazing throw to 1st to just nab the runner for the final out of the 6th.

McMahon took a double away from DDD leading off the bottom of the 8th with a Nettles-esq dive and catch of a line drive down 3rd.

5. Bosox Pen Shuts Down Yanks

Suarez was relieved with 2 outs in the 5th by Zack Kelly, who pitched a shutout inning.

Big 6’7 rookie lefty Eduardo Rivera then came in for his 1st appearance in the big leagues — and threw 3.1 shutout innings — keeping the Red Sox in the game. Rivera used a 94-MPH four-seam fastball and an 84-MPH slider to keep Yankee batters off balance. He got lots of groundouts and a couple of strikeouts.

5. Hill Gets It Done in 9th

Tim Hill came on for the 9th in a non-save situation with the Yanks up 4-0. He got a groundout to start the inning, but allowed a single to Trevor Story before getting Monasterio to fly out to center.

With 2 outs, Jarren Duran singled to center, scoring Story who had moved to 2nd on fielder indifference — making it a 4-1 game.

Boone came out to the mound — but left Tim Hill in to finish — with David Bednar waiting in the wings.

Hill got Caleb Durbin to hit a grounder — but it was hard hit deep to shortstop — where Jose Caballero made a fine play and rifle throw to 1st — Gold Glover Paul Goldschmidt making a great pick in the dirt for the old ballgame.

 

The Boxscore

https://www.espn.com/mlb/boxscore/_/gameId/401815046

 

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