Overview

• Connelly Early left after 3.2 innings and 78 pitches, charged with four runs (three earned) with six strikeouts and one walk.
• The inning turned when Ceddanne Rafaela misplayed Cody Bellinger’s fly into a double, setting up Amed Rosario and Anthony Volpe for RBI singles.
• Jazz Chisholm Jr. later singled to load the bases, and Austin Wells’ grounder off first baseman Nathaniel Lowe—ruled an error—brought in two more runs.
• Cora did not have a reliever warming until after Chisholm’s hit, prompting criticism of his bullpen timing in the elimination game.
• Cora told ESPN, “We didn’t play defense behind him,” as Yankees rookie Cam Schlittler backed the rally by holding Boston to two hits with five strikeouts through four innings.