NEW YORK (Interstat) — Max Fried pitched six innings of one-run ball, Cody Bellinger homered and drove in four runs, and the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 9-2 on Wednesday at Yankee Stadium to complete a two-game sweep in their American League Wild Card Series. New York advanced to the AL Division Series against the Tampa Bay Rays. Bellinger’s three-run homer highlighted a late surge, while Luis García Jr. also connected. Willson Contreras homered for Boston. The Yankees finished with 14 hits to Boston’s four. Fried allowed three hits, walked one and struck out six to earn the win. Sonny Gray took the loss after yielding two runs over 4 2/3 innings. Boston scored once in the fifth and once in the sixth. New York scored in the third, fourth, fifth and sixth, breaking the game open with a six-run fifth. Aroldis Chapman pitched a scoreless inning with three strikeouts for Boston. The game drew 49,004 fans and took 2 hours, 59 minutes. Boston’s record fell to 87-77, while New York improved to 95-68.