Max Fried Dealt Seattle Its First Shutout Loss of the Season, and Giancarlo Stanton Made Sure It Stuck

The Yankees rolled into T-Mobile Park and left with a 5-0 shutout win on Tuesday night, and honestly, there wasn't much the Mariners could do about it. Max Fried was simply untouchable, allowing just three singles across seven innings while the New York offense got going early and never looked back.

Fried's Masterclass at T-Mobile

Fried (2-0) was operating on another level entirely. The left-hander hasn't given up a single run across 13 1/3 innings so far this season, and his performance Tuesday night was yet another example of why the Yankees are clicking early. He threw 60 of his 90 pitches for strikes and extended his personal winning streak to eight straight regular-season starts dating back to August 27, 2025. Brent Headrick and Tim Hill each worked an inning to close out what amounted to a four-hit shutout.

Josh Naylor broke out of an ugly 0-for-20 slump to start the season with a single in the fourth, but that was about all Seattle could muster offensively. Julio Rodriguez and Brendan Donovan each picked up a single in the seventh off Fried, but the Mariners never threatened. They were completely shut down without a single extra-base hit.

Stanton's Hot Start Gets Hotter

Giancarlo Stanton drove in two runs and became the fourth player in Yankees history to record multiple hits in each of his team's first five games of a season, joining Alfonso Soriano (2003), Bill Skowron (1956), and Bob Meusel (1928). The 36-year-old slugger put New York up 2-0 in the first inning with an RBI single off Logan Gilbert (1-1) after Ben Rice's run-scoring double. In the sixth, Stanton ripped an RBI double to stretch the lead to 4-0.

That sixth inning was brutal for Seattle. Along with Stanton's double, Trent Grisham scored on a throwing error by catcher Cal Raleigh, and Jazz Chisholm Jr. added an RBI single to make it a three-run frame.

What's Next

The Mariners sit at 3-3 heading into Wednesday's day game finale of the three-game series. Seattle will counter with RHP George Kirby (1-0) against the Yankees' RHP Cam Schlittler (1-0). First pitch is set for 9:40 PM on MLB.TV at T-Mobile Park.

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