Major League Baseball

FINAL Tuesday, September 29, 2026
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New York Yankees 9
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Match Report

Schlittler and Rice torment hometown team as Yankees beat rival Red Sox 9-0 in playoff opener

— Cam Schlittler pitched another playoff gem against the Boston Red Sox, and Ben Rice also burned their hometown team with a late grand slam and six RBI as the New York Yankees opened this Wild Card Series rematch with a 9-0 victory Tuesday night.

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Top Performers

BOS

  • Roman Anthony · ·
  • Andruw Monasterio · ·
  • Adley Rutschman · ·
  • Willson Contreras · ·

NYY

  • Paul Goldschmidt · ·
  • Ben Rice · ·
  • Heliot Ramos · ·
  • Luis Garcia Jr. · ·

Recent Plays

  1. · 9th Inning
  2. · 9th Inning Contreras struck out swinging.
  3. · 9th Inning Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging
  4. · 9th Inning Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging
  5. · 9th Inning Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging
  6. · 9th Inning John Schreiber pitches to Willson Contreras
  7. · 9th Inning
  8. · 9th Inning Rutschman grounded out to shortstop.

Head to Head

NYY win series 2-0

Injuries

New York Yankees

  • Fernando Cruz 60-Day-IL
  • Clarke Schmidt 15-Day-IL
  • Kervin Castro 60-Day-IL

Boston Red Sox

  • Caleb Durbin Out
  • Garrett Whitlock Out
  • Roman Anthony Out
  • Tyron Guerrero Out
  • Masataka Yoshida Out

Lineups

NYY

  1. 48Paul Goldschmidt1B
  2. 22Ben RiceDH
  3. 34Heliot RamosRF
  4. 35Cody BellingerLF
  5. 96George Lombard Jr.SS
  6. 14Amed Rosario3B
  7. 11Anthony Volpe2B
  8. 78Spencer JonesRF
  9. 28Austin WellsC

BOS

  1. 19Roman AnthonyDH
  2. 31Adley RutschmanC
  3. 40Willson Contreras1B
  4. 52Wilyer AbreuRF
  5. 3Ceddanne RafaelaCF
  6. 20Nick Sogard2B
  7. 16Jarren DuranLF
  8. 10Trevor StorySS
  9. 5Caleb Durbin3B

MLB News

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