Three takeaways from the Yankees’ 4-3 win over the Red Sox in Game 2 of the Wild Card Series.

1. Cam-do attitude

The Yankees went into Wednesday’s win-or-go-home Game 2 knowing if they got to a deciding Game 3 rookie Cam Schlittler would be on the mound for his 15th big-league start. They are supremely confident in the 24-year-old righthander from Walpole, Massachusetts, where he grew up as a Red Sox fan.

Now, the Schlittlers from Walpole are Yankee fans.

“They are full Yankee guys now,” Schlittler said. “They don't wear it around as much in Boston just because. When they are here, they are very prideful about it.”

The Red Sox are also starting a rookie: lefthander Connelly Early, who will be making his fifth big-league start.

The Yankees chose Schlittler over Luis Gil and Will War

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