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09/30 22:49 CDT Fried, Bellinger and Garca lead Yankees over Red Sox 9-2 for
2-game Wild Card Series sweep
Fried, Bellinger and Garca lead Yankees over Red Sox 9-2 for 2-game Wild Card
Series sweep
By RONALD BLUM
AP Baseball Writer
NEW YORK (AP) --- Max Fried dominated Boston in the playoffs for the second
straight year, Cody Bellinger and Luis Garca Jr. homered, and the New York
Yankees romped over the Red Sox 9-2 Wednesday night for a two-game AL Wild Card
Series sweep.
Clinging to a 2-1 lead after Willson Contreras homered to end Boston's
26-inning postseason scoreless streak, the Yankees broke the game open with a
six-run sixth after Spencer Jones reached on a wild pitch while striking out
leading off --- with the help of a video review.
Garca, acquired at the trade deadline, had three hits in his first postseason
start, and Bellinger had four RBIs that included a three-run homer capping the
sixth-inning burst that put New York ahead 8-1.
New York will face AL East champion Tampa Bay in an AL Division Series starting
Saturday.
Boston, which reached the playoffs after rebounding from a 32-46 start, was
eliminated by the Yankees in the first round for the second straight year. The
Red Sox hit .117 in the two-game series (7 for 60) with 18 strikeouts and were
outscored 18-2.
A day after Cam Schlittler led New York to a 9-0 win, Fried pitched three-hit
ball over six innings to win a postseason game for the first time since the
2021 World Series clincher with Atlanta.
New York started eight left-handed hitters against Sonny Gray, back on the
mound where his career derailed during a dismal Yankees stretch in 2017 and '18.
Garca's fourth-inning homer put the Yankees ahead and Bellinger, one of the
top lefty-on-lefty hitters in the major leagues, added a fifth-inning RBI
single against left-handed Erik Miller, who had just relieved. Bellinger caught
the ceremonial first pitch from his dad, Clay Bellinger, who won a World Series
with New York in 2000.
Jones struck out both to start and end the bottom of the sixth, a weird
half-inning that included a wild pitch, throwing error, stolen base, bunt
single and intentional walk to Ben Rice that preceded Bellinger's homer.
Garrett Crochet, who beat the Yankees in last year's Wild Card Series opener,
hadn't pitched since April 25 because of left shoulder inflammation when he
bounced a sweeper off Rutschman's chest. The catcher picked up the ball and
threw to first, where umpire John Libka signaled out. The Yankees appealed and
the call was reversed by the video umpire at the commissioner's office.
Jones swiped second and kept going to third when Rutschman's throw skipped into
center. Rookie George Lombard Jr. singled for his first postseason RBI, Jazz
Chisholm Jr. singled and Trent Grisham loaded the bases with a bunt single.
Austin Wells' sacrifice fly against Garrett Whitlock increased the lead to 4-1,
Ryan McMahon hit an RBI groundout and Rice, who had four hits and six RBIs in
the opener, was intentionally walked. Bellinger reached down and pulled a
changeup into the right-center field seats.
Fried struck out six and walked one. He has allowed one run over 12 1/3 innings
in the two Wild Card Series against the Red Sox.
Nick Sogard hit a solo homer off Will Warren in the seventh.
Up Next
New York RHP Gerrit Cole (10-9, 3.61), who would have started a third game against Boston, is likely to start Game 1 against the Rays. ___ See AP's full MLB coverage here
Up Next
New York RHP Gerrit Cole (10-9, 3.61), who would have started a third game against Boston, is likely to start Game 1 against the Rays. ___ See AP's full MLB coverage here
