For so much of the season, Max Fried had been brilliant. The New York Yankees signed Fried this offseason to help helm their rotation with Gerrit Cole, and once Cole sustained a season-ending elbow injury, this became fully Fried's show.

ST. LOUIS — You could see the frustration in Max Fried ’s facial expressions, hear it in his voice. Mixed in was a lot of relief. This time, his Yankees teammates bailed him out.

If the New York Yankees are going to make noise in the American League playoffs,they are going to need Max Fried. Yet, even though the Yankees won their secondstraight, and improved to 5-2 in their past seven games with a 12-8 win over theSt.