Overview

• Cam Schlittler overpowered Boston with eight scoreless innings, 12 strikeouts and no walks, repeatedly touching 100 mph in his postseason debut.
• New York’s four-run fourth inning featured RBI singles by Amed Rosario and Anthony Volpe before two more scored on an Austin Wells grounder misplayed at first.
• The Yankees became the first team under MLB’s best-of-three Wild Card format to lose Game 1 and still advance by taking the next two.
• Key choices and a bullpen rebound in Game 2 — including Carlos Rodón persuading Aaron Boone to stay in and Fernando Cruz, Devin Williams and David Bednar closing — set up the clincher.
• The best-of-five Division Series against AL East champion Toronto begins Saturday in Toronto, with David Bednar having secured the 4-0 series finale in the ninth.