“Remember the feeling, because it sucks,” Bregman said after a 4-0 Yankees win in which rookie righty Cam Schlittler struck out 12 in eight shutout innings. “You don’t want to feel it. Take it into your offseason and continue to get better.”

Led by a flamethrowing rookie pitcher and an offense that took advantage of putting the ball in play instead of waiting for the long ball, the Yankees finished off a comeback against the Red Sox in the AL wild-card series to advance to the ALDS against the Blue Jays.

The Red Sox finished just outside the top 10 in DRS. The left side of the infield was shored up. Center field improved. And still, the majors were led in errors with 116 -- one more than last year. The final run-scoring play of the Red Sox season came on an error as first baseman Nathaniel Lowe botched a grounder off the bat of Ben Rice.

Ryan McMahon looked up and saw Jarren Duran's foul popup veering toward the Boston bench.Without hesitation, the New York Yankees third baseman raced over. As he made a running catch, McMahon hit the padded railing and flipped head over heels into the Red Sox dugout,

This classic rivalry comes down to a final showdown when the Boston Red Sox take on the New York Yankees in Game 3 of their AL Wild Card series.

Going into the playoffs without a couple of their best young players and two starters, the depth-depleted Boston Red Sox turned to a rookie with four games of major league experience to pitch on the road in a winner-take-all situation.

Cam Schlittler has become an instant star for the New York Yankees, delivering a dominant performance against the rival Boston Red Sox in a playoff elimination game.

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.

The Boston Red Sox's season is over, as their playoff fate was sealed with a wild card series loss to the New York Yankees.

“And on the national stage a star is born.” Schlittler’s 12 strikeouts were the most by a Yankees rookie in franchise history, surpassing Dave Righetti’s 10. The Red Sox put one runner on second base during the game.

Connelly Early is making his postseason debut as the youngest Red Sox pitcher to start a postseason game since Babe Ruth in the 1916 World Series.

Cam Schlittler grew up a Red Sox fan, but the Walpole native ended Boston's season Thursday night with a dominant playoff debut for the New York Yankees.