Jun 25, 2025; Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; New York Yankees pitcher Max Fried throws towards the Cincinnati Reds within the third inning at Nice American Ball Park. Necessary Credit score: Aaron Doster-Imagn Photos
Cody Bellinger spent the previous two years rejuvenating his profession with the Chicago Cubs. However the New York Yankees had been nonetheless capable of purchase him by way of commerce moderately simply this previous offseason.
On Friday, Bellinger hit three homers towards his outdated group, serving to his new group win but once more.
Bellinger and the Yankees try to get a season-high sixth straight victory Saturday afternoon after they face the visiting Cubs.
The Yankees are on their third five-game profitable streak this season after rolling to an 11-0 win within the collection opener. Bellinger hit a trio of two-run homers towards Chris Flexen, Caleb Thielbar and Jordan Wicks.
Bellinger, who performed middle discipline Friday, was acquired by the Yankees Dec. 17 for pitcher Cody Poteet after hitting .286 with 44 homers and 175 RBIs in 260 video games in Chicago (following a tough remaining two seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers).
“Actually, in the end it was simply enjoyable to be on the market,” Bellinger mentioned. “I noticed a bunch of fellows I hadn’t seen shortly and I shared a bunch of fine recollections with them for these previous two years.”
Bellinger heads into his remaining recreation earlier than turning 30 on Sunday on a career-high 16-game hitting streak. Bellinger is batting .406 (28-for-69) with six homers and 16 RBIs throughout his hitting streak after additionally getting a 15-game streak in Might.
Bellinger’s huge night time occurred an evening after the Yankees had been no-hit into the seventh inning and overcame a five-run deficit to earn a 6-5 victory over the Seattle Mariners on a sacrifice fly by Aaron Decide within the tenth inning.
Decide lifted a sacrifice fly Friday and made 4 catches, together with three within the fourth inning when he made a leaping catch on Pete Crow-Armstrong.
“He made good performs,” Chicago proper fielder Kyle Tucker mentioned of Decide’s catches. “He was simply doing his job on the market and he did it fairly effectively tonight.”
The Cubs have dropped 4 of six following a 5-1 stretch. Chicago was blanked for the sixth time this season and fourth time since June 1.
The Cubs additionally matched their second-most runs allowed and Bellinger was the primary participant to get a three-homer recreation towards them since Josh Rojas for the Arizona Diamondbacks on Might 20, 2022.
“He is having a pleasant 12 months,” Chicago supervisor Craig Counsell mentioned of Bellinger. “We knew that going into the collection. We did not make nice pitches to him. So that is what you are doing if you happen to do not make good pitches to good hitters, they damage you.”
After Carlos Rodon allowed 4 hits in eight innings for New York’s longest begin since Gerrit Cole went 9 innings in a 4-2 win in 10 innings over the Athletics final Sept. 20, Max Fried (11-2, 2.27 ERA) will get the beginning Saturday.
Fried final pitched Sunday when he allowed three runs on six hits in five-plus innings of a 6-4 win over the host New York Mets.
Fried is 6-0 with a 1.18 ERA in six profession begins towards the Cubs, who’ve hit .135 towards him.
Chicago’s Matthew Boyd (9-3, 2.52) will try to succeed in double-digit victories for the primary time in his profession. Boyd is 4-0 with a 1.54 ERA over his previous six begins since June 4 and has allowed two runs or fewer in eight straight begins.
Boyd picked up his newest win on Sunday when he allowed three hits in 5 innings of an 11-0 rout of the St. Louis Cardinals.
The left-hander, who was named to the All-Star group, is 1-3 with a 5.17 ERA in six profession begins towards the Yankees.
–Discipline Stage Media
