Yankees Defeat Red Sox in 2nd Wild Card Game
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In the process, Rice did something a Yankees player hadn't done in 27 years. Back in 1998, Shane Spencer homered in his first postseason at bat for New York. And now in 2025, Rice has done the same.
Benched in Wild Card Game 1, the Yankees' Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Ben Rice made key contributions in Wednesday's 4-3 win in Game 2, forcing a decisive Game 3 in the best-of-three series.
Twenty-one years later, history is edge, Boston. The Yankees have barred New Englanders - except those from Connecticut, which is basically a suburb of New York - from buying tickets to the series in the Bronx, yet another sign of panic and weakness. But that's OK.
The New York Yankees had everything set up for a perfect start to their postseason run. Their marquee offseason free […]