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<\/a> routed the Toronto Blue Jays<\/a> 11-2 on Sunday in a doubleheader opener.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Anthony Volpe homered off Paxton Schultz, and Oswaldo Cabrera drove in a pair of runs with one of the Yankees’ six doubles.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Gausman threw the most pitches by anyone in an inning since Pittsburgh\u2019s Cam Vieaux\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n Ben Rice caught for the first time this year when moved by the Yankees from DH to behind the plate in the ninth inning.<\/p>\n Wells fouled off an 0-2 fastball and a pair of full-count fastballs before doubling on another fastball.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n —<\/p>\n AP MLB: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/MLB<\/p>\n \n Copyright 2025 STATS LLC and Associated Press. Any commercial use or distribution without the express written consent of STATS LLC and Associated Press is strictly prohibited.\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n