Wild Card Game 2: Red Sox (0-1) vs Yankees (1-0)

Philip Cashier

1 hour ago

1 min read

Eek!!! Fried has ERA of 5.31 in post-season (22 games, 76.1 innings)

If Yankees score 2 runs in 3rd inning, Gray will be yanked (pun intended)

Oh the pressure!! Lombard only righty in lineup!

Jones bats clean-up!

Grisham in CF!

Yankees need a new set of heroes tonight.

Over / Under: Pinch Hitters used by Yankees, 3.5

RED SOX

Jones, DH -- .---

Rutschman, C -- .250

Contreras, 1B -- .000

Abreu, RF -- .333

Rafaela, CF -- .000

Durbin, 3B -- .000

Sogard, 2B -- .000

Story, SS -- .333

Earon, LF -- .---

Gray, P -- 0-0, -.--

YANKEES

Rice, DH -- .800

Bellinger, LF -- .250

Garcia, 1B -- .000

Jones, RF -- .333

Lombard, SS -- .750

Chisholm, 2B -- .---

Grisham, CF -- .000

Wells, C -- .667

McMahon, 3B -- .000

Fried, P -- 0-0, -.--

Game on NBC/Peacock at 8 pm

NEXT UP: Either, Thursday, October 1st, at 8 pm, vs Red Sox, in The Bronx

Or, Saturday, October 3rd, at 6:30 pm, at Tampa Bay

3 Comments

Robert Malchman

10 minutes ago

Jones is a rookie. Any concerns that batting him clean-up will crush him under the pressure? Asking for a friend . . . .

I see Roman Anthony was taken off the Boston roster with an injury. Apparently he reaggravated his wrist problem from the season and added some muscle damage. This is why we don't rush Judge back, folks. (Note that I take no pleasure in Anthony's injury -- I want to beat the daylights out of a fully healthy Red Sox team; Anthony's a good player, and I wish him a speedy and successful recovery so that he can strikeout in many at-bats against the Yankees in 2027.)

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Robert Malchman

a minute ago

Replying to

Eh, I'm not so worried about a 10-year veteran, MVP, ROY, Gold Glove, Silver Slugger, World Series winner getting his mind destroyed by batting-order pressure.

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