Without Aaron Judge, some of the Yankees’ other big stars stepped up in Game 1 of the American League wild-card series.
Cam Schlittler’s stellar outing and Ben Rice’s big night at the plate, the Yankees rolled to a 9-0 win over the Red Sox in The Bronx on Tuesday night.
Schlittler, who closed out Boston in Game 3 of last year’s wild-card round with a 12-strikeout performance, followed it up with a nearly as impressive second act by whiffing 10 in this year’s series opener. He went 6 1/3, as manager Aaron Boone let Schlittler go to 117 pitches.
Rice drove in six runs — hitting a grand slam in the eighth after a solo homer in the fifth along with an RBI single in the seventh — as he went 4-for-5.
Paul Blackburn (1 2/3 innings) and John Schreiber (one inning) kept the Red Sox at bay after Schlittler exited.
The Yankees can close out the series with a win on Wednesday night.
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