Along with Aaron Judge outhitting everyone the majors, Fried is a huge reason why the Yankees are off to a great start after they lost two of the best rotation pieces in the game during spring training, Gerrit Cole for the season and Luis Gil until summertime.

Will Warren did not survive the second inning as the Dodgers lineup proved to be too much to handle and the Yankees got blown out in a 18-2 loss.

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LOS ANGELES — Yankees left-hander Max Fried showed a different side on the Dodger Stadium mound Friday night, then another standing at his locker talking about his first loss. Two batters into an 8-5 Dodgers win, Aaron Judge hit a first-inning homer for a 1-0 Yankees lead in the opener of this World Series rematch weekend.

I don’t think he had his good breaking ball going tonight,” Aaron Boone said. “And then that inning, he just left some pitches in the heart of the plate.”

The Yankees got the first out of the inning when Tommy Edman hit a chopper to first and Paul Goldschmidt got Freeman stuck in a pickle between third and home. But before he was tagged out, the Dodgers got the other two runners to second and third.

The buses pulled into the Dodger Stadium parking lot early on Friday, tracing the route they intended to follow last autumn. Back then, the Yankees had everything riding on their return to Southern California,

The LA Dodgers took one of the American League's best pitchers on a wild ride. New York Yankees southpaw Max Fried lasted five innings on the road, allowing eight hits and six runs.

Max Fried is set to pitch for the Yankees against the Dodgers tonight, boasting a strong record at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers face injury challenges with key players like Roki Sasaki and Freddie Freeman,