New York Yankees pitcher Max Fried throws during the first inning of the first baseball game of a doubleheader against the Toronto Blue Jays, Sunday, April 27, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)

Fried wins 5th straight start and Yankees rout wild Gausman, Blue Jays 11-2 in doubleheader opener

NEW YORK (AP) — Max Fried won his fifth straight start, Austin Wells capped a six-run third inning with a three-run double off suddenly wild Kevin Gausman and the New York Yankees routed the Toronto Blue Jays 11-2 on Sunday in a doubleheader opener.

Fried (5-0) allowed a first-inning RBI groundout and six hits in six innings. He has given up one run over 20 2/3 innings in three starts following Yankees losses, and New York has won all six of his starts.

Anthony Volpe homered off Paxton Schultz, and Oswaldo Cabrera drove in a pair of runs with one of the Yankees’ six doubles.

Gausman (2-3) threw 53 pitches in the third, getting just two outs and walking five — one shy of his career high for a game. Cody Bellinger hit a sacrifice fly, Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Volpe forced in runs with consecutive walks and Wells doubled off the right-center wall for a 6-1 lead.

Gausman was ejected by plate umpire Chris Conroy as he walked to the dugout when he was removed after 2 2/3 innings. Toronto manager John Schneider was tossed two innings later for arguing a called strike from Fried to Guerrero.

Toronto Blue Jays catcher Alejandro Kirk, left, and pitcher Kevin Gausman, right, talk to pitching coach Pete Walker, center, during the third inning of the first baseball game of a doubleheader against the New York Yankees, Sunday, April 27, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)

Gausman threw the most pitches by anyone in an inning since Pittsburgh’s Cam Vieaux’s 56 in an eight-run eighth against Milwaukee on July 1, 2022, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. Gausman threw seven pitches to Cabrera, eight to Bellinger and nine each to Volpe and Wells.

Ben Rice caught for the first time this year when moved by the Yankees from DH to behind the plate in the ninth inning.

Key moment

Wells fouled off an 0-2 fastball and a pair of full-count fastballs before doubling on another fastball.

Key stat

CORRECTS TO WALKS TO THE DUGOUT DURING A TIMEOUT – New York Yankees’ Austin Wells walks to the dugout during a timeout during the third inning of the first baseball game of a doubleheader against the Toronto Blue Jays, Sunday, April 27, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)

Playing a day after his 33rd birthday, Yankees slugger Aaron Judge went 2 for 4 and raised his major league-leading batting average to .412.

Up next

Yankees RHP Clarke Schmidt (0-1, 7.45 ERA) and Blue Jays RHP Chris Bassitt (2-1, 1.88) were scheduled to start the second game.

New York Yankees’ Austin Wells watches his three-run double during the third inning of the first baseball game of a doubleheader against the Toronto Blue Jays, Sunday, April 27, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)

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