Max Fried Loses No-Hitter—Then Loses It Again After the Sixth Inning in Bizarre Yankees-Rays Game
Max Fried nearly etched his name into the history books Sunday, flirting with a no-hitter against the Tampa Bay Rays. But while losing one in the sixth inning is fairly common, Fried may be the rare pitcher to have his no-hitter erased after the sixth—retroactively.
In the sixth, Rays speedster Chandler Simpson hit a weak chopper that first baseman Paul Goldschmidt mishandled. It was initially ruled an error, keeping Fried’s no-hitter alive. But after a review, the play was overturned—officials decided Simpson would’ve beaten Goldschmidt to the bag even with a clean play. So while Fried was still pitching what seemed like a no-hit gem into the seventh, the no-no had technically ended an inning earlier without anyone realizing it.
Fortunately for Fried, and the Yankees, the drama ended when Jake Mangum delivered a clean hit in the eighth, officially breaking up the no-hit bid and putting any lingering controversy to rest. Fried was still stellar, and New York came away with the win.
Boone Reacts to Bizarre Ruling, Then Erupts Over Aaron Judge Homer Controversy
Yankees manager Aaron Boone addressed the overturned call postgame, and while he agreed with the revised ruling on Simpson—”Reality is, it was a hit”—that wasn’t the call that really got under his skin.
Boone’s real frustration? An earlier fly ball off Aaron Judge’s bat that looked like a home run, was ruled foul, reviewed, and still wasn’t overturned. To Boone, it was a clear homer—one that was unjustly taken from his star outfielder, echoing a similar incident back in 2017 when Judge lost another potential home run on a questionable call.
Boone, incensed by what he saw as repeated slights against his superstar, ended up ejected from the game after a questionable strike call to Judge. But the fire was already lit over the missed home run.
“The audacity of the call standing is remarkable,” Boone said postgame. “It’s a home run.”
Though the Yankees secured the win and nearly swept the series, Saturday’s game (the only loss of the series) along with the no-hitter confusion and Judge’s lost homer leave a bitter taste. Everything else went right—except the things that really mattered.
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