Everything was set up so nicely for the Yankees .

Max Fried had just exited to a standing ovation after hurling 6.1 shutout innings against the Boston Red Sox in Tuesday night’s Game 1 of the Wild Card round, leaving it up to the high-leverage arms in the Yankees’ bullpen to preserve a one-run lead.

But that lead didn’t last much longer.

The Red Sox rallied for two runs as soon as Fried departed, dealing the Yankees a 3-1 loss in the Bronx and leaving them on the edge of elimination.

Fried had thrown 102 pitches when he exited with a 1-0 lead and one out in the seventh inning.

“They pressured him pretty good in the fourth, fifth, sixth. Had a couple base runners each inning,” manager Aaron Boone said of his decision to remove Fried.

“Felt like he kind of cruised through the first f

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