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Cam Schlittler became the first player in the MLB story to beat eight scoreless innings and knock out 12 without allowing a trip during the autumn period on Thursday night, but even he needed help from his defense.
Rookie’s historic pearl catapulted New York Yankees into the American League Division series and knocked their archive Boston Red Sox out in the process.
No one knew what to expect from the right-handed, given Thursday was just his 16th MLB-Start after being called up July 9. But when he got out on the field for the eighth lap, Yankees fans knew they were looking at something special.
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Ryan McMahon of New York Yankees skips the dugout wall to catch a pop fly during the eighth round against Boston Red Sox in Games Three of the American League Wild Card series at Yankee Stadium on October 2, 2025 in Bronx. (Ishika Samant/Getty Images)
As Destiny wanted it, helped the acquisition of trade death that came into the game as a defensive replacement, Schlittler to end his state line.
Leadoff hitter Jarren Duran came up to the record with one out in the eighth and swung at the first pitch of bats flowing against his own dugout on the third basic side.
Ryan McMahon asked it all the way and caught the ball at the railing of Dugout, but his momentum carried him all the way over and he turned into SOX’s dugout.
Ryan McMahon of New York Yankees returns from Boston Red Sox -Dugout after caught a pop fly during the eighth round in Game Three by the American League Wild Card series at Yankee Stadium on October 2, 2025 in Bronx. (Ishika Samant/Getty Images)
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McMahon got away without injuries, and Schlittler pulled Trevor Story to end the ining and his excursion.
Red Sox had their own rookie started early in Connelly, but Yankees came to him, and the SOX defense didn’t make him many favors when Yankees put four races in the fourth round.
Amed Rosario, in the game for the left-right matchup against early, came through with an RBI single to get Yankees on the board first. Jazz Chisholm Jr. followed with a single to load the bases, and Anthony Volpe Singles to make it 2-0. Then Austin Wells played openly as his sharply hit ball to the first base resulted in a Nathaniel Lowe error scoring two races.
New York Yankees players posing for a team photo after defeating Boston Red Sox in Game 3 in the American League Wild Card Series. (Vincent Carchietta/Imag images)
With the victory in the winner-Take-All Matchup, Yanke will now go to Toronto to meet Blue Jays, who held on to the Al East title at the end of the regular season.
