For a pitcher who has supposedly had to “grind” through several of his first six starts for the Yankees, Max Fried has looked damn good on the mound. The Yankees, particularly manager

Yankees ace Max Fried settled into a groove on the mound, pitching six innings of one-run ball to earn the win. He’s now 5-0 this season with a 1.43 ERA, the sixth-lowest ERA of any qualified pitcher in MLB as of Sunday afternoon.

As Fried jogged out to the mound for the bottom of the eighth, seemingly working on a no-hit bid through seven innings, the official scorer, Bill Matthews, announced in the press box that Chandler Simpson was being credited with the Rays’ first hit from two innings earlier.