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Aaron Boone Defends Controversial Game 1 Decision in Loss to Red Sox
Boone removed Fried after 102 pitches despite a scoreless 6.1 innings start, leading to bullpen struggles and a 3-1 loss that puts the Yankees on the brink of elimination.
- On Oct 1, 2025, Aaron Boone pulled Max Fried after 6 1/3 scoreless innings and 102 pitches, and the Yankees lost 3-1 to the Red Sox in AL Wild Card Game 1.
- Boone said he planned to lift Fried after the sixth inning but a double play and Fried sitting on 99 pitches led him to let Fried record one more out.
- Fried finished with 102 pitches, four hits, six strikeouts and 63 strikes; Max Fried told reporters, `I definitely exerted a lot of energy trying to get out of that, but I definitely had enough in the tank for whatever the team needed`.
- Luke Weaver entered and immediately struggled, walking the first hitter and yielding Masataka Yoshida's two-run single; the loss puts the Yankees into a must-win Game 2 with their season on the line.
- Fans and analysts hammered Aaron Boone, New York Yankees manager, on social media for pulling Max Fried early, while Alex Cora, Boston Red Sox manager, left Garrett Crochet in until 117 pitches and succeeded.
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Aaron Boone defends controversial Game 1 decision in loss to Red Sox
Max Fried was cruising for the Yankees in Game 1 of the American League Wild series against the Red Sox. The ace returned for the seventh and got one out before Aaron Boone emerged from the dugout to go replace Fried with Luke Weaver.
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