NEW YORK – For all the marbles. Put up or shut up. Go big or go home. Do or die.
Choose your favorite idiom, but the meaning is the same:
Game 3 will decide which side of one of the greatest rivalries in sports will advance to the ALDS, where the Toronto Blue Jays await.
Befitting the term ‘Wild Card,’ this deciding game will feature two rookie starting pitchers with very little big-league experience and zero postseason experience.
Right-hander Cam Schlittler, who debuted on July 9 and made 14 regular-season starts, has the ball for the home team.
Lefty Connelly Early debuted Sept. 9 and made four starts for the Red Sox. At 23 years and 182 days old, he will be the youngest Red Sox pitcher to start a postseason game since a 21-year-old Babe Ruth pitched a 14-inning complete Game 2 in