The Yankees have stuck with Austin Wells behind the plate because they love the way he receives the ball and works with pitchers.

That’s been on display in both games of the wild-card series against Boston, which the Yankees tied up 1-1 with a 4-3 win at the Stadium on Wednesday night.

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But at some point, they needed him to hit in the playoffs, which is something he mostly didn’t do last postseason or in the Game 1 loss Tuesday.

Wells then delivered the biggest hit of the night on Wednesday, a shot to right with two outs in the bottom of the eighth that scored the speedy Jazz Chisholm Jr. al

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