Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees and Game 2
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The New York Yankees secured a third Wild Card game with their thrilling 4-3 win against the Boston Red Sox. Ben Rice got the Yankees on the board with a two-r
New York, meanwhile, will aim to stave off elimination in a year in which they won 94 games yet fell just shy of winning the AL East. Instead, the Yankees will aim to make recent playoff history and become the first team to win a best-of-three wild-card series after dropping Game One since the format was instituted in 2022.
The second day of the 2025 MLB playoffs is in the books and three out of four series are headed to a do-or-die Game 3. The Los Angeles Dodgers are the lone team to wrap up their Wild Card Series, sweeping the Cincinnati Reds in dominating fashion.
Both the Red Sox and the Yankees will have rookie pitchers on the mound to start Thursday night's deciding Game 3 in New York.
The beauty of postseason baseball is that you can dissect almost every little moment throughout a game that could have flipped the outcome. On Wednesday night i
The Red Sox already grabbed Game 1 at Yankee Stadium. Garrett Crochet punched out 11. Anthony Volpe gave New York a 1-0 lead with a second-inning homer, but Boston flipped it late and Chapman shut the door with the tying runs aboard. The Boston Red Sox are up 1–0; the New York Yankees are already on the edge.
The Yankees, who came in winners of eight in a row and 11 of their last 12, now must defeat the Red Sox each of the next two nights to advance out of the wild card round. They mus