New York Yankees

AL Wild Card · Game 2 · Best of 3

YES!

New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox

87-75 2 – 9

93-68

Final · Wed, Sep 30

Series: NYY win 2-0

Game Details

Yankee Stadium (Bronx) · 49,004 fans · NBC View tournament bracket →

Recap

Fried, Bellinger and García lead Yankees over Red Sox 9-2 for 2-game Wild Card Series sweep

One year after rallying past the Red Sox to win an AL Wild Card Series, the New York Yankees battered Boston.

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	1	1	0	0	2	4	1
NYY	0	0	0	1	1	6	1	0		9	14	0

Win Probability · New York Yankees

first pitchnow: 100%

Game Leaders

Boston Red Sox

Willson Contreras · 2-2, HR, 1 RBI, 1 RBatting
Sonny Gray · 4.2 IP, 2 ER, 5 K (L, 0-1)Pitching

New York Yankees

Cody Bellinger · 2-5, HR, 4 RBI, 1 RBatting
Max Fried · 6.0 IP, 1 ER, 6 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 7th

1B Wells singled to center, Chisholm Jr. scored, Grisham to third.2–9

Top 7th

HR Sogard homered to right (362 feet).2–8

Bot 6th

HR Bellinger homered to right center (360 feet), Grisham scored and Rice scored.1–8

Bot 6th

GRO McMahon grounded out to third, Chisholm Jr. scored, Grisham to second.1–5

Bot 6th

SF Wells hit sacrifice fly to left, Lombard Jr. scored, Chisholm Jr. to third.1–4

Bot 6th

1B Lombard Jr. singled to center, Jones scored.1–3

Top 6th

HR Contreras homered to right center (387 feet). Umpire review: call on the field was upheld.1–2

Bot 5th

1B Bellinger singled to right, Wells scored, Rice to second.0–2

Bot 4th

HR García Jr. homered to right center (387 feet).0–1

Team Stats

Boston Red SoxNew York Yankees

Batting

4 Hits 14

2 Home Runs 2

2 Walks 3

8 Strikeouts 10

0 Stolen Bases 4

9 Left on Base 13

Pitching & Fielding

147 Pitches Thrown 142

1 Errors 0

0 Double Plays 0

Box Score

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Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
J. JonesDH	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	21	.000	.000
A. RutschmanC	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.125	18	.125	.125
W. Contreras1B	2	1	2	1	1	2	0	.333	20	.500	.833
W. AbreuRF	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.143	17	.143	.143
C. RafaelaCF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	13	.000	.000
C. Durbin3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	17	.000	.000
N. Sogard2B	3	1	1	1	1	0	1	.167	10	.167	.667
T. StorySS	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	15	.167	.333
N. EatonLF	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	.500	8	.500	1.000
J. DuranLF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	3	.250	.000
Team	31	2	4	2	2	2	8		142

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
S. Gray(L, 0-1)	4.2	6	2	2	0	5	1	70-50	3.86
E. Miller	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	5-4	13.50
G. Crochet	0.0	3	4	4	0	1	0	16-11	INF
G. Whitlock	1.1	3	3	3	3	1	1	35-22	20.25
A. Gamboa	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7-4	27.00
A. Chapman	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	14-10	0.00
Team	8.0	14	9	9	3	10	2	147-101

New York Yankees ▾

Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
B. RiceDH	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	.556	19	.600	1.333
C. BellingerLF	5	1	2	4	1	0	1	.333	18	.333	.667
L. Garcia Jr.1B	5	1	3	1	1	0	1	.500	19	.500	1.000
S. JonesRF	5	1	1	0	0	0	4	.250	25	.333	.250
G. Lombard Jr.SS	4	1	1	1	0	0	2	.500	14	.500	.500
J. Chisholm Jr.2B	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	.667	17	.750	.667
T. GrishamCF	3	1	2	0	0	1	0	.500	11	.600	.500
A. WellsC	3	1	1	2	0	0	0	.500	13	.375	.500
R. McMahon3B	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	.250	9	.400	.250
P. GoldschmidtPH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2	.333	.000
J. Caballero3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0	.000	.000
Team	36	9	14	9	2	3	10		147