Fried pitches Yankees past Rangers 4‑2 at Arlington
ARLINGTON, Texas (Interstat) — Max Fried tossed six scoreless innings and Aaron Judge had three hits to lead the New York Yankees to a 4-2 victory over the Texas Rangers on Monday night at Globe Life Park.
Fried allowed four hits, struck out five and earned his fourth win against one loss. David Bednar worked the ninth for his eighth save, giving up two hits but stranding the tying run.
The Yankees broke open the game in the third inning when Ben Rice hit a two-run homer, his 10th, scoring Trent Grisham for a 3-0 lead. New York added a run in the fourth on Jazz Chisholm Jr.’s solo homer.
Texas scored its first run in the seventh on Joc Pederson’s pinch-hit home run. The Rangers made it 4-2 in the ninth on Alejandro Osuna’s two-run single, but Bednar closed it out.
New York had nine hits, including Judge’s 3-for-3 night with a homer and an RBI. Texas managed seven hits off four Yankees pitchers.
Jack Leiter took the loss, allowing four runs on eight hits in six innings with four strikeouts, falling to 1-2. The Yankees improved to 19-10, while the Rangers dropped to 14-15. Attendance was 29,601, and the game lasted 2:48.