NEW YORK -- Facing elimination, the New York Yankees will look to rebound in Game 2 Wednesday night after a 3-1 loss to the Boston Red Sox in Game 1 of the American League Wild Card series on Tuesday.

Manager Aaron Boone planned to lift starter Max Fried after the sixth inning of Game 1.

Fried inducing a double play and sitting on 99 pitches prompted Boone to reconsider and let his ace lefty get one more out in the seventh.

Fried did that, and then Boone went to his bullpen. Luke Weaver walked the first batter he faced, and then allowed a double and Masataka Yoshida's pinch-hit two-run single. David Bednar gave up back-to-back hits in the ninth to give Boston some breathing room, and the Yankees manager's in-game pitching decisionswere under the microscope yet again in the aftermath of

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