The Red Sox are three outs away from advancing in the playoffs.ġ1:09 p.m.: Odor lifts a flyout to shallow left-center field. End Top Eighth: Rizzo chases a high fastball for strike three. Two away for the Red Sox with Dalbec due up.ġ1:15 p.m.: Renfroe is called out on strikes for the first out in the bottom of the eighth.ġ1:10 p.m. End of Eighth: Dalbec grounds out and the Red Sox will head to the top of the ninth with a chance to end the Yankees' 2021 season, leading 6-1.ġ1:16 p.m.: Christian Vazquez goes down swinging. One away.ġ1:20 p.m.: The Red Sox are bringing in Garrett Whitlock to try and close out the game.ġ1:17 p.m. Red Sox still lead 6-2.ġ1:21 p.m.: Judge grounds out to Bogaerts. He hits it down the right field line for a solo homer to give the Yankees some late life. Yankees scoring play: Stanton finally gets one over the fence. Torres will bat as the last hope for New York.ġ1:22 p.m. That ALDS feeling 🎊 /lbaD5TJJNNġ1:23 p.m.: Gallo lifts a deep fly to right, but Renfroe catches it on the warning track. Red Sox live updates, highlights from 2021 AL wild-card gameġ1:24 p.m.: Torres flies out to right, and the Red Sox will move on to the ALDS to face the Rays. Red Sox: History of MLB's biggest rivalry in postseason, elimination games Yankees vs. Check out the complete results from the American League wild-card game: Sporting News tracked live scoring updates and highlights from Yankees vs. Alex Verdugo doubled in the bottom of the sixth to drive in a run and respond to Rizzo's blast he later singled in the seventh to drive in two and break open the game at 6-1. Ryan Brasier, Tanner Houck, Hansel Robles and Garrett Whitlock allowed just one more run, a homer in the top of the ninth off the bat of Joey Gallo, on two hits, no walks and three strikeouts across the final 3.2 innings of work. The Red Sox bullpen shut down New York from there. A single and a walk later chased Cole from the game.Įovaldi was dialed in from there: He pitched 5.1 innings and allowed just one run off a solo homer from Anthony Rizzo - one of four hits allowed - while striking out eight. Two innings later, Kyle Schwarber led off the bottom of the third with a solo homer to right.
Xander Bogaerts took a center-cut changeup to dead center for a two-run homer in the bottom of the first that sparked the Red Sox and put the team up early. MORE: Watch the MLB postseason live with fuboTV (7-day free trial) They will face AL East rivals and the top team in the American League, the Rays. New York scored solo home runs in the sixth and ninth innings, but it wasn't enough as the Red Sox won the American League wild-card game 6-2 to move on to the ALDS.
A stellar outing from Nathan Eovaldi and shutdown performance from the bullpen kept the Yankee bats in check. Instead, Boone told reporters that "he'll get some opportunities, but I don't want to put any undue expectations on him.Facing the rival Yankees, Boston jumped all over AL Cy Young candidate Gerrit Cole for two homers in the first three innings to take an early 3-0 lead. The Yankees promoted shortstop prospect Oswald Peraza to the majors on Thursday as part of September's roster expansion to 28 players, yet he did not start on Friday. Aaron Judge, who is attempting to break Roger Maris' franchise record, is responsible for nine of those.ĭespite all the above, and despite the struggles of their middle-infield options, Boone and the Yankees do not seem in a rush to introduce fresh blood to the lineup. The Yankees have homered 28 times as a team since Aug. Combined, that accounts for 13 of their 29 contests. During that stretch, they've also been held to two runs or fewer on seven other occasions. Indeed, Friday marked the sixth time in 29 games the Yankees have been shut out. Put another way, the Yankees have scored just 101 runs (or 3.5 per) in that span, the fifth-fewest in the majors.
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