NEW YORK — The Yankees would’ve been happy with four or five strong innings from rookie starter Cam Schlittler against the Red Sox in Thursday night’s decisive Game 3 of the Wild Card Series.

Their confidence in the rookie right-hander hasn’t wavered all summer since the top pitching prospect was promoted to the big-league staff, but this start was another animal, something he’s never experienced before.

What they got from Schlittler was historic.

Schlittler pitched eight scoreless innings with 12 strikeouts to shut the Red Sox down in a 4-0 win that sent the Yankees to the AL Division Series against the Toronto Blue Jays. Closer David Bednar got the final three outs for New York at Yankee Stadium.

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