NEW YORK — The New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox never expected their playoff hopes to come down to the rookie pitchers they will each start in a do-or-die Game 3 of the American League Wild Card Series on Thursday night at Yankee Stadium. But the Yankees seemingly have a major advantage in the matchup, having plenty of …
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What they’re saying nationally about Red Sox’ Game 2 loss to Yankees
The Red Sox season comes down to one game after they fell, 4-3, in Game 2 of the American League Wild Card series against the New York Yankees on Wednesday night. Brayan Bello had a short leash and was lifted after just 2⅓ innings, forcing the Red Sox to use six relievers, while Jarren Duran made a costly drop in …
Read More »Michael Kay thinks one Alex Cora decision could cost Red Sox dearly in Game 3
The Red Sox went all in on Game 2, and that could be the reason they go all out. Cora taxed his bullpen Wednesday night, pulling starter Brayan Bello after he recorded just seven outs and gave up two runs in a game they eventually lost, 4-3. “Alex Cora managed this game as if there is no tomorrow,” Yankees broadcaster …
Read More »Meet Connelly Early, Red Sox rookie pitcher tasked with ending Yankees’ season
The Red Sox’s season is riding on the left hand of a rookie with 19 ⅓ major-league innings under his belt. Southpaw Connelly Early, who only debuted Sept. 9, takes the ball for the decisive Game 3 of the wild-card series against the Yankees on Thursday night at Yankee Stadium. He will be the first pitcher to ever start a …
Read More »Red Sox’s Connelly Early, Yankees’ Cam Schlittler Historic Game 3
This is what all the fuss is about. Win or go home. Do or die. Now or never. All those cliches fit Game 3 of the American League Wild Card Series between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees. Both teams will send rookie pitchers to the mound for the deciding game. Walpole, Mass. native Cam Schlittler, 24, has …
Read More »Yankees starter Cam Schlittler looks to end the Red Sox season
“I take pride in being from Boston. [But] when it came to my career and where I want to be, this is where I want to be,” said Schlittler. “I’m very fortunate for the Yankee organization. If I had to choose between the two, I wouldn’t change [anything].” After a spectacular rookie year in which Schlittler posted a 2.96 ERA …
Read More »Alex Cora pushed hard. Now the Red Sox’s hopes rest on a rookie and a taxed bullpen
NEW YORK — Alex Cora watched from the Boston Red Sox dugout on Wednesday night as the New York Yankees knocked around his starter, Brayan Bello. There was only one out in the third inning, but the manager had seen enough. It is Cora’s belief there can be little leeway given to a young starter struggling to find his rhythm …
Read More »How Cam Schlittler’s Red Sox-loving family has handled his Yankees rise
If the Yankees fall to the Red Sox and fail to complete the series comeback Thursday, it would not be because they were infiltrated by an outsider. Cam Schlittler, who grew up in Walpole, Mass., about 20 miles from Fenway Park, who attended Northeastern and who was raised as a Red Sox fan in a Red Sox family, is firmly …
Read More »Connelly Early excited to start for Red Sox in must-win Game 3
And now, Early holds the fate of the season in his hands. Nothing like a little pressure, huh? There is no imaginable scenario in which the Red Sox could or would have predicted their season taking this unexpected turn, that they would be sending out the first pitcher ever to start a winner-take-all postseason game within 30 days of his …
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North Carolina governor calls for passage of red flag law after deadly mass shooting NPR Husband confirms his wife died in shooting Saturday in Southport WECT ‘You see it in the movies’: Man shares harrowing experience of witnessing Southport shooting WRAL.com Southport Police ID the 3 people killed in weekend mass shooting ABC11 Survivors say suspicious boat spotted night before Southport shooting WWAYTV3 Source link
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