Overview

• Boston confirmed Lucas Giolito is out for the Wild Card Series and the entire postseason.
• Early makes his fifth career start and playoff debut after a September call-up, entering with a 2.33 ERA and 29 strikeouts in 19.1 innings.
• New York will start fellow rookie Cam Schlittler, a midseason call-up who posted a 2.47 ERA with 69 strikeouts over his last 11 starts.
• Elias Sports Bureau says this is the first postseason game in which both starting pitchers have 15 or fewer career appearances.
• The winner-take-all decider is Thursday at Yankee Stadium, with Boston’s rotation reshaped by injuries that also sidelined Dustin May.