Rivalry?
What rivalry?
The Yankees lost to the Red Sox for the seventh straight time on Friday night in The Bronx, this time 1-0, as they fell half a game behind Boston for the top wild card spot in the American League.
The offense was overmatched again by Brayan Bello — as well as Aroldis Chapman, who closed out the game in the ninth.
Bello, who blanked the Yankees for seven innings in a June win at Fenway Park, was equally as dominant in The Bronx on Friday.
And the failure by the Yankees offense to figure out Bello nullified Max Fried’s best start in nearly two months.
The left-hander, who’d put up a 6.80 ERA over his previous eight starts, rebounded with six scoreless innings.
Fried pitched out of trouble in the third, when he allowed two walks and a single, by striking out promising rookie Roman Anthony to end the inning.
He also survived a pair of flair singles in the fifth, again getting Anthony to finish the inning, this time on a grounder to second.
But Bello was better.
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
