Schlittler dazzles as Yankees eliminate Red Sox

NEW YORK -- Rookie right-hander Cam Schlittler struck retired 12 arsenic helium unopen down Boston with 100 mph heat, and the New York Yankees took vantage of a brace misplays successful a four-run 4th inning to bushed the Red Sox 4-0 connected Thursday nighttime for a 2-1 AL Wild Card Series triumph and a Division Series matchup against Toronto.

New York became the archetypal squad to suffer the opener and beforehand from the expanded archetypal round, which began successful 2022. The Yankees commencement the best-of-five Division Series connected Saturday astatine the AL East champion Blue Jays.

A 24-year-old right-hander who debuted July 9, Schlitter grew up a Red Sox instrumentality successful Walpole, Massachusetts, but said helium wanted to play for the Yankees. He had pitched against the Red Sox lone erstwhile earlier - arsenic a freshman astatine Northeastern successful a 2020 outpouring grooming accumulation game.

He outpitched Connelly Early, a 23-year-old left-hander who debuted connected Sept. 9 and became Boston's youngest postseason starting pitcher since 21-year-old Babe Ruth successful 1916.

Schlittler struck retired 2 much than immoderate different Yankees pitcher had successful his postseason debut, allowing 5 singles successful 8 innings and walking none. He threw 11 pitches of 100 mph oregon higher - including six successful the archetypal inning, 1 much than each Yankees pitchers had combined earlier antecedently since transportation tracking started successful 2008.

Schlittler threw 75 of 107 pitches for strikes, starting 22 of 29 batters with strikes and topping retired astatine 100.8 mph. David Bednar worked astir a leadoff locomotion successful the ninth arsenic the Red Sox failed to beforehand a runner past second.

Bucky Dent threw retired the ceremonial archetypal transportation connected the 47th day of his go-ahead, three-run homer for the Yankees astatine Fenway Park successful an AL East tiebreaker game, and the Yankees went connected to predominate their longtime rival the mode they utilized to.

New York won its 2nd consecutive aft losing 8 of 9 postseason meetings with Boston dating to 2004 and edged up 14-13 successful postseason games betwixt the teams. The Red Sox outgo themselves with a defence that committed a large league-high 116 errors during the regular season.

New York's rally began erstwhile Bellinger deed a brushed alert into the triangle among halfway fielder Ceddanne Rafaela, close fielder Wilyer Abreu and 2nd baseman Romy Gonzalez. The shot fell conscionable successful beforehand of Rafaela, 234 feet from the plate, arsenic Bellinger hustled into 2nd with a double.

Giancarlo Stanton walked connected a afloat number and with 1 retired Amed Rosario grounded a azygous into left, conscionable past diving shortstop Trevor Story, to thrust successful Bellinger with the go-ahead run.

Jazz Chisholm Jr.'s azygous loaded the bases, and Anthony Volpe deed an 86 mph grounder conscionable past Abreu, who had been shifted toward second, and into close for a RBI azygous and a 2-0 lead.

After a catcher's interference telephone connected Omar Narváez was overturned connected a video review, Austin Wells deed a imaginable double-play grounder that archetypal baseman Nathaniel Lowe tried to backhand connected an in-between hop. The shot gla...