Max Fried helps the Yankees beat the Red Sox 5-3 to strengthen playoff position

BOSTON AP Max Fried earned his major league-leading th win and Jazz Chisholm Jr had three hits including a solo homer that moved him to the brink of the - club leading the New York Yankees to a - mastery over the Boston Red Sox on Saturday Fried - permitted two runs and nine hits in innings He was working on a shutout before Alex Bregman went deep with two down in the fifth Jarren Duran hit a solo homer in the eighth for Boston but the Yankees added one in the ninth against closer Aroldis Chapman when Aaron Judge singled took second on a wild pitch and scored on Cody Bellinger s double David Bednar pitched the ninth for his th save Chisholm had his third straight multihit meeting and drove in three runs He stole his th and th bases of the season on Friday night and necessities one home run to become the third athlete in franchise history with at least homers and stolen bases Alfonso Soriano and did it twice The Yankees tagged Brayan Bello - for two runs in the first sending eight men to the plate and scoring on Bellinger s sacrifice fly and Chisholm s infield single Key moment The Red Sox chased Fried in the sixth with three consecutive singles that cut the deficit to - But Luke Weaver came in and struck out Ceddanne Rafaela and Romy Gonzalez to end the inning Key stat The Yankees have beaten Boston three games in a row since losing eight straight against their AL East rivals With Saturday s win New York pulled games ahead of Boston in the race for the AL s top wild card which would give the Yankees home-field advantage in a attainable first-round matchup with the Red Sox Up next Yankees RHP Will Warren - will face Boston LHP Garrett Crochet - in the series finale on Sunday AP MLB https apnews com hub mlb