"Behind rookie flamethrower Cam Schlittler, completely unfazed and completely dominant on the biggest stage of his young career, the Yankees took out a season-long nemesis - as well as a postseason one since 2004 - with a 4-0 victory over the Red Sox Thursday night in the deciding Game 3 of the AL Wild Card series in front of an earsplitting sellout crowd of 48,833 at the Stadium."
"The Red Sox, who won the season series from the Yankees, 9-4, took Game 1 of this series and had beaten the Yankees in the postseason each of the last three times the long-time adversaries faced off, dating back to the 2004 ALCS. They started their own rookie Thursday. That was lefthander Connelly Early, who matched Schlittler until the Yankees erupted for four runs in the fourth."
Cam Schlittler, a 24-year-old rookie who began the season at Double-A Somerset and was a 2022 seventh-round pick, struck out 12 over eight scoreless innings as the Yankees shut out the Red Sox 4-0 to win the deciding Game 3 of the AL Wild Card series before 48,833 fans. Schlittler allowed five hits, no walks, and only one baserunner to reach second, finishing with a 98-mph fastball to retire Trevor Story on his 107th pitch. The Yankees scored four runs in the fourth off rookie Connelly Early and advance to face the Blue Jays in the Division Series.
Read at Newsday
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]