Cam Schlittler was brilliant for the Yankees in his postseason debut on Thursday night against the Red Sox, striking out 12 and walking none over eight scoreless innings to help New York advance to the American League Division Series .
It was a historic performance -- Schlittler became the first pitcher in postseason history to throw at least eight scoreless innings with at least 12 strikeouts and no walks. The dozen strikeouts were also a Yankees record for a rookie making his playoff debut.
Not only was it a clutch performance in a winner-take-all Wild Card Series game, it came against the Yankees’ archrivals. Not bad for Schlittler -- who is a Boston-area native -- especially in his first start against the Red Sox.
But wait ... was it his first start against Boston? As it turns