The Yankees had a fantastic end to their first foray in the Wild Card Series, getting a historic performance from Cam Schlittler — eight innings of shutout ball with 12 strikeouts and no walks, the greatest start a Yankee rookie has perhaps ever had in the postseason. One inning was enough to get four runs across to support him, and end Boston’s season to set up another AL East clash in the ALDS with the Blue Jays on the docket.

Meanwhile, as the Yankees were wrapping up their game, the rest of the playoff bracket had already been decided. Two other teams had bucked the Wild Card Series trend and forced a do-or-die Game 3 with victories in Game 2, but as it turned out, only the Yankees managed to come up with a second win to advance.

Detroit Tigers 6, Cleveland Guardians 3

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