The New York Yankees avoided elimination in the 2025 American League Wild Card Series, as they held off the Boston Red Sox for a 4-3 win in Game 2 at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday night, all thanks to Austin Wells coming through in the clutch with an eighth-inning RBI single. The Yankees hadn’t recorded a go-ahead postseason hit this late in a must-win game since Aaron Boone’s walk-off in Game 7 of the 2003 ALCS, breaking a 22-year dry spell.
Carlos Rodon started for New York and pitched six-plus innings of three-run, four-hit ball, striking out six and walking three. After a wobbly third inning, when Jarren Duran singled and Ceddanne Rafaela walked, Rodon settled in, inducing crucial double plays and limiting further damage. All the while Trevor Story racked up three RBIs, two on a t