NEW YORK -- Step one is complete. To fulfill their mission of defending their pennant in a return to the World Series, the Yankees first needed to dispatch their most historic rivals. Now they have, securing a 4-0 victory over the Red Sox in Thursday’s Game 3 of the AL

NEW YORK -- For three innings in the decisive Game 3 of this American League Wild Card Series against the Yankees, Connelly Early exuded calm in his fifth Major League start, matching zeros with fellow rookie, Yankees righty Cam Schlittler. But in the fourth inning, the momentum changed and never

NEW YORK – It was more than two decades ago when Derek Jeter, running at full speed in pursuit of a pop fly against the Red Sox, made a fateful decision – he would not slow, permitting the field-level seats at Yankee Stadium to serve as his landing pad.

NEW YORK – Cam Schlittler didn’t need extra motivation to elevate his first October test, but the Yankees rookie received it anyway – and the Red Sox wound up paying the price. Having absorbed ugly online chirps from Red Sox Nation, the Walpole, Mass., native admitted the barbs made the

NEW YORK -- Amid the aftermath of an elimination game and the sting that comes with it, Red Sox manager Alex Cora tried to put the 2025 season in perspective for his players in the visiting clubhouse at Yankee Stadium. Most of them were likely numb to it in real

CLEVELAND -- Progressive Field was rocking in the eighth inning on Thursday as José Ramírez charged toward second base. The Guardians superstar’s routine ground ball drove in two runs thanks to a missed-catch error by Tigers reliever Will Vest. Ramírez was thrown out to end the inning, but he helped

CLEVELAND -- The Tigers were clinging to a one-run lead when the Guardians intentionally walked Kerry Carpenter to pitch to Wenceel Pérez. In a three-game series that felt like an endless set of individual matchups, this is the one Cleveland was ready to stake its season on.

CLEVELAND -- They didn’t jeer or heckle Dillon Dingler here when he hit the home run that cut through the tension, broke open the dam and put this decisive Game 3 of the American League Wild Card Series on the course to completion.

NEW YORK – The Yankees’ hopes of toppling the Red Sox and advancing out of the American League Wild Card Series rest on the right arm of a Massachusetts rookie, the son of a suburban Boston police chief.

NEW YORK -- After using an earlier than expected hook for Brayan Bello (2 1/3 innings, 28 pitches) and deploying Garrett Whitlock for a longer than expected 47-pitch stint in a 4-3 loss in Game 2 of this AL Wild Card Series against the Yankees, Red Sox manager Alex Cora

Throughout Major League history, there have been some epic late-season runs during which teams have erased significant deficits over a small number of games to launch themselves into the postseason. Here's a look at the greatest 11th-hour postseason pushes in baseball history:

NEW YORK – Cam Schlittler, a fireballing 24-year-old righty who grew up rooting for the Red Sox, officially entered the Yankees’ universe on July 9, when he made the first of his 14 starts down the stretch. Connelly Early, the No. 6 prospect for the Red Sox per MLB Pipeline,

CLEVELAND -- They’ve been embroiled in a battle that transcends what’s transpired these past couple days. The 2025 Tigers and Guardians will forever be linked in the record books because of the saga staged in September, when Cleveland made a historic AL Central comeback at Detroit’s expense. Now, these two

After two full days of baseball, we have only one team that has advanced out of the Wild Card Series: the defending champion Dodgers, who completed a two-game sweep of the Reds to cap Wednesday’s action. In all best-of-three Wild Card Series, the winner of Game 1 has gone 18-2.

Maybe this is the way it’s supposed to be for the Red Sox and the Yankees: One game that feels like it’s for everything, even on the second night of October. Even the date has historical significance for the two teams, just because just about everything does. Oh, sure. This

NEW YORK – Jazz Chisholm Jr. didn’t hide his displeasure after being out of the lineup for the American League Wild Card Series opener Tuesday night, turning his back to rummage through his locker when questions were volleyed his way. The Yankees' sparkplug found what he was looking for –

NEW YORK – Pitching in the shadow of dominant closer Aroldis Chapman all season, ace setup man Garrett Whitlock has been tremendous in his own right. But with a chance to help his team sweep the Yankees in Game 2 of this AL Wild Card Series, Whitlock faltered in the

NEW YORK -- Ben Rice waited his whole life for this: Yankees-Red Sox on a postseason stage, the youngster in pinstripes facing the team he grew up following from Cohasset, Mass.

Jazz Chisholm Jr. was not in the starting lineup for the Yankees against the Red Sox in Game 1 of their American League Wild Card Series at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday night.

CLEVELAND -- Chase DeLauter took in his surroundings when he moved from center field to right in the seventh inning on Wednesday. He got a good look at the third deck of seats facing him. He was surrounded by a crowd clad in red, desperate to see its team keep

CLEVELAND -- It was an eventful first few innings for Chase DeLauter in center field in his MLB debut, but the 23-year-old delivered a momentum-shifting play in Game 2 of the American League Wild Card Series. DeLauter picked up an inning-ending outfield assist in the top of the fourth inning,

CLEVELAND -- When Cade Smith’s 31st and final pitch was lined directly into the glove of a leaping C.J. Kayfus in the ninth inning on Wednesday, a sea of red at Progressive Field erupted in celebration. And if those fans took a deep exhale afterward, as Smith, catcher Bo Naylor

CLEVELAND -- For most of his Tigers tenure, Javier Báez has taken a free-swinging, hard-hitting approach to run production. In recent weeks, the All-Star has been more pragmatic, staying back on pitches, sending ground balls through the infield and taking the RBIs. As Báez stepped to the plate with the

CLEVELAND -- José Ramírez had a premonition that was also a lesson. “With two strikes,” he told Brayan Rocchio before the bottom of the eighth, “look for the fastball in.”

NEW YORK -- The stage is set for another October showdown in the Bronx, where the Red Sox can punch their ticket into the next round and the Yankees must fight to keep their season alive. After Boston claimed Game 1 of the American League Wild Card Series, the rivals