The New York Yankees pulled out a thrilling 4-3 victory over the Boston Red Sox in Game 2 of the AL wild-card series on Wednesday, tying up the MLB playoffs matchup and setting the stage for a decisive Game 3 on Thursday. Fans at Yankee Stadium watched the Yankees fight back, but it was the Red Sox’s key mistakes that handed New York the win and kept their postseason hopes alive.
One big blunder came in the fifth inning when Aaron Judge crushed a fly ball to left field. Red Sox outfielder Jarren Duran, usually rock-solid, misjudged it and dropped the ball with two outs. That turned Judge’s hit into an RBI single, letting Trent Grisham race home from second base to give the Yankees a temporary lead. Duran owned up to the error afterward, saying, “I was just playing pretty deep on Judge and as I was coming in, I thought it was a little higher than it was. I didn’t really have to go into a full dive there and just kind of pushed the ball on myself a little more. It’s on me.”
The drama ramped up in the seventh inning with the score tied. Boston had a chance to take control, with runners on first and second and no outs after Carlos Rodón left the mound. Light-hitting Ceddanne Rafaela tried to bunt the runners over but popped it up, killing the momentum. Then came pinch-hitter Masataka Yoshida’s sharp grounder up the middle. Yankees second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. made a spectacular diving stop to snag it.
Nate Eaton, starting from second base, could have easily scored to put Boston ahead. But he hesitated and stopped at third. Chisholm, getting to his feet, fired to first base, where the ball slipped past Ben Rice. Still, Eaton didn’t bolt for home. Reliever Fernando Cruz then got Trevor Story to fly out to deep center, keeping the game deadlocked. Eaton explained later, “Obviously, it was a big play. We didn’t score. I obviously couldn’t see it. As I’m getting to third, I’m told to stop and then I couldn’t see how far away the ball was when it got by Rice.”
The Yankees finally broke through in the bottom of the eighth, scoring the go-ahead run to seal the AL wild-card series win. These Red Sox errors echoed the old rivalry days before 2004, when Boston often stumbled against New York. Now, with the series even, both teams head into Thursday’s finale ready for more high-stakes baseball in the MLB playoffs.
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