Aaron Boone was standing in the bowels of Yankee Stadium, fresh off a most critical and tense triumph, explaining how he manages the modern ballplayer in the context of one of the most controversial moves of his baseball life. His New York Yankees had just survived a sudden-death encounter with the Boston Red Sox — barely — in Game 2 …
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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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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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NEW YORK — After the New York Yankees dropped Game 1 of the Wild Card Series to the Boston Red Sox, Jazz Chisholm Jr. drove home Tuesday night frustrated — not just by the loss, but by his absence from the lineup. Needing to clear his head, he retreated to his PlayStation 4 and fired up his favorite game, “MLB …
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“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 …
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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 …
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The winner will advance to face the Blue Jays in the American League Division Series, which begins Saturday in Toronto. The loser will go home for the offseason. “It’s going to be wild,” said Trevor Story, who in Game 2 had two tying hits, including a home run in the sixth. “The last two nights have been wild, so I …
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