New York Yankees

AL Wild Card · Game 1 · Best of 3

YES!

New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox

87-75 0 – 9

93-68

Final · Tue, Sep 29

Series: NYY lead 1-0

Game Details

Yankee Stadium (Bronx) · 48,437 fans · NBC View tournament bracket →

Recap

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.

Recap via ESPN

Yankee Stadium · Bronx

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
NYY	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	5		9	12	0

Win Probability · New York Yankees

first pitchnow: 100%

Game Leaders

Boston Red Sox

Adley Rutschman · 1-4Batting
Payton Tolle · 4.2 IP, 1 ER, 4 K (L, 0-1)Pitching

New York Yankees

Ben Rice · 4-5, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 2 RBatting
Cam Schlittler · 6.1 IP, 0 ER, 10 K (W, 1-0)Pitching

2026 American League East Standings

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Strk
Tampa Bay	98	64	.605	-	L1
New York	93	68	.578	4.5	W1
Boston	87	75	.537	11	L1
Baltimore	79	82	.491	18.5	L1
Toronto	79	83	.488	19	W1

Scoring

Bot 8th

HR Rice homered to center (408 feet), McMahon, Jones, and Goldschmidt scored.0–9

Bot 8th

SF Wells hit sacrifice fly to right, Lombard Jr. scored.0–5

Bot 7th

GRO García Jr. grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Wells scored, Rice out at second, Goldschmidt to third.0–4

Bot 7th

1B Rice singled to right, Jones scored, Goldschmidt to second, Wells to third.0–3

Bot 5th

HR Rice homered to center (423 feet).0–2

Bot 2nd

1B Wells singled to right, Lombard Jr. scored, Volpe to second.0–1

Team Stats

Boston Red SoxNew York Yankees

Batting

3 Hits 12

0 Home Runs 2

1 Walks 5

11 Strikeouts 4

0 Stolen Bases 0

5 Left on Base 17

Pitching & Fielding

161 Pitches Thrown 146

0 Errors 0

0 Double Plays 0

Box Score

Boston Red Sox ▾

Batting

Player	AB	H	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
R. AnthonyDH	2	0	0	2	.000	10	.000	.000
A. MonasterioDH	2	0	0	1	.000	8	.000	.000
A. RutschmanC	4	1	0	2	.250	27	.250	.250
W. Contreras1B	4	0	0	3	.000	16	.000	.000
W. AbreuRF	3	1	0	1	.333	13	.333	.333
C. RafaelaCF	3	0	0	0	.000	13	.000	.000
N. Sogard2B	3	0	0	0	.000	16	.000	.000
J. DuranLF	2	0	1	1	.000	16	.333	.000
T. StorySS	3	1	0	1	.333	13	.333	.667
C. Durbin3B	3	0	0	0	.000	14	.000	.000
Team	29	3	1	11		146

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
P. Tolle(L, 0-1)	4.2	5	1	1	1	4	0	83-58	1.93
E. Miller	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	1	9-7	27.00
G. Weissert	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15-10	0.00
A. Gamboa	0.0	3	2	2	1	0	0	15-10	INF
W. Olds	1.1	1	3	3	2	0	0	18-6	20.25
B. Bello	0.2	1	2	2	1	0	1	21-9	27.00
Team	8.0	12	9	9	5	4	2	161-100

New York Yankees ▾

Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
P. Goldschmidt1B	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	.000	25	.400	.000
B. RiceDH	5	2	4	6	2	0	1	.800	21	.800	2.200
H. RamosRF	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	10	.000	.000
L. Garcia Jr.PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2	.000	.000
T. GrishamCF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	5	.000	.000
C. BellingerLF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	16	.250	.250
G. Lombard Jr.SS	4	2	3	0	0	0	0	.750	21	.750	.750
A. Rosario3B	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	10	.500	.000
R. McMahon3B	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	.000	11	.500	.000
A. Volpe2B	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	11	.333	.333
S. JonesRF	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	.333	15	.500	.333
A. WellsC	3	1	2	2	0	0	0	.667	14	.500	.667
Team	32	9	12	8	2	5	4		161