The Yankees couldn't secure a three-game sweep of the Miami Marlins on Sunday, losing 7-6 and ending their four-game winning streak.

Here are the takeaways...

-- Despite the start of the game being delayed by three hours and 35 minutes due to inclement weather, scheduled starter Max Fried still took the mound for New York when the game began and delivered a gusty performance in less-than-ideal conditions to help out the bullpen which, had a taxing night the previous game following Ryan Weathers' short start.

The left-hander was down early, allowing a run through the first four batters in the first inning after Otto Lopez singled home Austin Slater. Fried limited the damage to just one run and struck out two in the inning.

-- The Yankees' offense quickly picked up their starter in the bottom half of the frame, though. Trent Grisham started things off with a walk, followed by a single from Aaron Judge. With one out, Ben Rice turned on a 97 mph fastball on the inner half of the plate and absolutely crushed it to the second deck in right field for a three-run homer and just like that, New York had the lead.

-- Fried took it from there and didn't allow another run until the fourth inning when Xavier Edwards doubled in Connor Norby who worked a two-out walk. Fried put an end to the threat with a flyout and pitched a clean fifth inning before finding more trouble in the sixth. After a walk led off the inning, Lopez singled to put runners on the corners and then promptly stole second to put two in scoring position.

Heriberto Hernandez followed and reached base on a throwing error by shortstop Jose Caballero, which allowed a run to score and trimmed New York's lead to one. But Fried immediately picked up his shortstop by picking off Hernandez at first base for the first out of the inning.

With the tying run at third base, Norby hit a ground ball to the drawn in infield and Caballero made a strong throw to home plate which beat the runner by a mile. Austin Wells applied the tag but the call on the field by home plate umpire Manny Gonzalez was safe, causing the Yankees to challenge another ruling in the inning and go 2-for-2. With help from the Marlins running themselves out of the inning, Fried got the third out to keep it a one-run game.

-- At 94 pitches, Fried went back out for the seventh and recorded the first two outs before manager Aaron Boone pulled his ace, who showed a lot of grit during his 6.2 innings while throwing 103 pitches (64 strikes).

-- Fernando Cruz was the first reliever out of the bullpen for New York and after closing out the seventh with a strikeout, he began the eighth inning with a strikeout before issuing a walk. Boone then turned to Jake Bird, who had been perfect to start the season. But the right-hander didn't have it on Sunday, walking the first batter he faced and hitting the next one to load the bases with one out.

Bird then lost Graham Pauley on a 1-2 pitch and allowed a two-run double that gave the Marlins their first lead since the first inning. Ryan Yarbrough came in to put out the flames, but the left-hander allowed a two-run single to Edwards and Miami's lead grew to 7-4 thanks to the four-run eighth inning.

-- The Yankees got the tying run to the plate in the ninth inning after back-to-back walks to Cody Bellinger and Rice brought up Giancarlo Stanton, who was 2-for-4 in the game and off to a scorching start at the plate. Stanton struck out looking, which brought Jazz Chisholm Jr. to bat. Chisholm, 0-for-4 on the night and struggling offensively, laced a two-run double to right-center field against his former team to cut New York's deficit to one.

After the Marlins intentionally walked Wells, pinch-hitter J.C. Escarra entered for Caballero but struck out on three pitches to end the game -- handing the Yankees their second loss of the season.

Game MVP: Max Fried

Even in a loss, Fried's outing saved New York's bullpen for down the road.

Here are the takeaways...

Game MVP: Max Fried

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