The Yankees improved to 7-for-7 in Fried starts Friday, when the lefty one-hit the Rays over seven brilliant innings in a 3-0, series-opening victory in front of 45,189 in The Bronx.

Similar to two weekends ago in Tampa, the Rays never had a chance again with Fried allowing one hit over seven innings in a 3-0 Yankees victory. All of the Yankees’ runs came on a fifth-inning homer by Paul Goldschmidt, who popped a two-out blast into the second row of the right-field seats off lefty reliever Mason Montgomery.

Paul Goldschmidt hit a three-run homer in the fifth inning, Max Fried allowed one hit in seven sparkling innings and the New York Yankees earned a 3-0 victory over the visiting Tampa Bay Rays on Friday night.