Boone did have a feel for the game and that's why he took Fried, who was showing signs of fatigue, out. He was at 102 pitches and put two guys on in the 4th, 5th, and 6th. Duran is a lefty batting 7th for some reason so it made sense to bring Fried out for the L/L match up. Rafaela has a flare for the theatrics but a Major League Playoff pitchers should have no worries in getting quad-A 28 year old retiring.
BTW For all the boasting about Aaron Judge's defense and how no one runs on him in the MVP thread, I think that any other right fielder literally keeps Sogard at 1st base. He doesn't score from 1st on Masa's base hit.