A former seventh-round draft pick with only 14 MLB starts under his belt just saved the New York Yankees season. The reigning American League champions strung together a fourth-inning barrage and made some nice defensive plays, but Cam Schlittler led them to a 4-0 Wild Card Series-clinching victory versus the Boston Red Sox on Thursday night. Thanks to a one-of-a-kind pitching performance , the club will square off with the Toronto Blue Jays in the divisional round.
Unforeseen meteorites land during October baseball quite frequently, but this one deserves to be placed in a special tier of its own. In a high-stakes matchup against his childhood team and New York's most detested foe, Schlittler was absolutely magnificent . He struck out an astounding 12 batters in eight scoreless inni