Highlights Manager Aaron Boone has not named a Game 1 starter. Luis Gil has playoff experience and pitched well vs. Toronto in September. Rookie Will Warren went 9–8 with a 4.44 ERA in his first season.
On Thursday, Giancarlo Stanton found himself in an awkward situation. During the New York Yankees’ 4-0 win against the Boston Red Sox in Game 3, the slugger had a “bonehead” moment.
Game 3’s clear player of the night has to be Cam Schlittler. And why not? In a rookie showdown against Boston’s Connelly Early, Schlittler didn’t just hold his own, but he dominated.
The New York Yankees made history Thursday night in their 4-0 win over the Boston Red Sox, becoming the first team to win a Wild Card series after losing the first game under the new postseason format.
The last time the New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox in a postseason series, Aaron Boone hit a towering home run to send the Bronx Bombers to the 2003 World Series.
The New York Yankees rode a historic performance by Cam Schlittler to a 4-0 ALWCS-clinching win over the Boston Red Sox Thursday. New York closed out the regular season on a hot streak but the team dropped the Wild Card Series opener to Boston.
The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox were in the same boat entering Game 3 of the AL Wild Card Series on Thursday night, but rookie pitcher Cam Schlittler put himself in a different class with his performance.
A former seventh-round draft pick with only 14 MLB starts under his belt just saved the New York Yankees season. The reigning American League champions strung together a fourth-inning barrage and made some nice defensive plays, but Cam Schlittler led them to a 4-0 Wild Card Series-clinching victory versus the Boston Red Sox on Thursday night.
It was very worrying for the New York Yankees when they dropped Game 1 of their AL Wild Card series clash against the Boston Red Sox. They were one loss away from seeing their season come to an abrupt end, and at home, losing Game 1 was far from the ideal start.
The New York Yankees have a pivotal Game 3 ahead of them against the Boston Red Sox here in just under 20 minutes. The Yankees won Game 2 to keep their season alive as the Red Sox took the opener.
Highlights Yankees captain Aaron Judge has a reputation of not rising to the occasion in the postseason. Judge, however, possesses the all-time MLB record for home runs (4) in a winner-take-allplayoff game.
Highlights Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton happened to face Connelly Early, the Red Sox' Game 3 starter, in a June 11 rehab game with the Somerset Patriots Stanton hit an RBI double 110.6 mph off the bat, driving in top prospect George Lombard Jr.
Before the New York Yankees legend Derek Jeter became “The Captain,” and before all those championships, the Hall of Fame place, and more, there was a scout who saw all these coming.
New York Yankees catcher/first baseman Ben Rice might hold the keys to his team's second straight AL pennant. The second-year slugger launched a two-run homer to right off of Boston Red Sox pitcher Brayan Bello in the bottom of the first inning on Wednesday, giving the Yankees a 2-0 lead in Game 2 of the AL Wild Card Series.
Manager Aaron Boone just can't catch a break. Following the New York Yankees' 3-1 loss to the Boston Red Sox in Game 1 of the American League Wild Card Series, the naysayers slammed the skipper for mismanaging the starting lineup and pitching staff.
After an unbelievable showing offensively and defensively in Game 2 of the Wild Card series, New York Yankees second baseman Jazz Chisholm talked about being benched for Game 1, and the perceived tension between himself and Yankees manager Aaron Boone.
Some moments are just scripted for the silver screen. For Ben Rice, a kid from Cohasset, Massachusetts, who grew up cheering for the enemy, stepping into the batter’s box at Yankee Stadium for a do-or-die playoff game against the Boston Red Sox was one of them.