Overview

• Cam Schlittler, 24, delivered eight shutout innings with 12 strikeouts on 107 pitches, allowing five hits and no walks in his postseason debut.
• All four Yankees runs came in the fourth inning on a string of hits and a misplay at first base by Nathaniel Lowe that brought two across.
• The performance set a Yankees postseason rookie record for strikeouts, with repeated 100 mph fastballs overwhelming Boston hitters.
• Ryan McMahon made a somersaulting catch over the Red Sox dugout in the eighth to protect the lead, and David Bednar closed the ninth.
• Schlittler said the game felt “personal,” following reports that Red Sox fans harassed his mother online, as Boston became the first team in this format to win Game 1 and lose the series.