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The New York Yankees entered match 1 of their Wild Card series of the American League against the Boston Red Sox with an advantage on the field and a desire to return to the World Series.
But their hopes were destroyed Tuesday evening thanks to the star of the Red Sox Garrett Crochet and the striking clutch of Masataka Yoshida and Alex Bregman. Boston won the match, 3-1, and took an early advantage in the series.
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The Boston Red Sox launcher, Garrett Crochet, delivers against New York Yankees in the first round of match 1 in a series of Wild Card League qualifying series on Tuesday, September 30, 2025, in New York. (AP photo / Frank Franklin II)
The Yankees applied pressure on the Red Sox at the bottom of the ninth round. Boston Closer, Aroldis Chapman, tried to get the backup of four outings. He did his job in the eighth round, but in the ninth, Paul Goldschmidt, judge Aaron and Clay Bellinger went on the basis.
New York, however, failed to pass a runner through the plate with the loaded bases. Chapman withdrew Giancarlo Stanton, Jazz Chisholm Jr. flew to the right field and Trent Grisham finished the match with a withdrawal.
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New York Yankees Trent Grisham, on the left, and the Boston Red Sox recipient Carlos Narváez React after Grisham struck the base loaded during the ninth round to finish match 1 in a series of series of American league playoff series on Tuesday, September 30, 2025, in New York. (AP photo / yuki iwamura)
The futility of the yankees on the plate in a disastrous situation was historic, according to OPTA statistics.
The research organization wrote on X that the Yankees were the “first team in the history of the MLB qualifiers so that the bases are responsible for anyone below the 9th but do not mark a race and do not lose the match”.
“We have played with a lot of things at stake, apparently every day,” said Yankees manager Aaron Boone, via MLB.com. “Tonight, it was an excellent baseball match that we just couldn’t get this last punch. We will be ready to leave, and I expect us to get out and get one (in match 2).”
The New York Yankees Voltger, Aaron Judge (99), connects for a basic success against the Boston Red Sox in the first round of match 1 of a series of series of Wild Card League qualifiers on Tuesday, September 30, 2025, in New York. (AP photo / Frank Franklin II)
Match 2 is scheduled at 6 p.m. He at Yankee Stadium.
