Overview
- Tuesday night the Yankees routed Boston 9-0 at Yankee Stadium, with Ben Rice going 4-for-5 including two home runs and six RBIs that broke the game open.
- Yankees right-hander Cam Schlittler carried the game, throwing 6 1/3 scoreless innings with 10 strikeouts while allowing two hits and one walk.
- After exiting Game 1 with right-hand discomfort, Roman Anthony was removed from the Red Sox Wild Card roster following an MRI that showed new strains to his wrist and related muscles.
- Boston must win Game 2 to avoid immediate elimination and will start Sonny Gray against New York lefty Max Fried, with teams that lead 1-0 in the three-game Wild Card advancing 21 of 24 times.
- The loss underscores Boston’s late-season offensive slump and injury trouble and raises pressure on manager Chad Tracy’s roster and bullpen decisions for the rest of the series.