{"id":106501,"date":"2025-10-02T07:15:57","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T07:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=106501"},"modified":"2025-10-02T07:17:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T07:17:58","slug":"%e2%9a%be-history-made-yankees-austin-wells-ends-a-22-year-drought-with-a-clutch-hit-against-the-red-sox-fans-erupt-rivals-stunned-and-the-burning-question-is-did-new-yo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=106501","title":{"rendered":"\u26be HISTORY MADE: Yankees\u2019 Austin Wells ends a 22-year drought with a clutch hit against the Red Sox \u2014 fans erupt, rivals stunned, and the burning question is\u2026 did New York just find its next October hero?..ll"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/New-York-Yankees-catcher-Austin-Wells.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"New York Yankees catcher Austin Wells (28) celebrates his go ahead RBI single against the Boston Red Sox during the eighth inning of game two of the Wildcard round of the 2025 MLB playoffs at Yankee Stadium.\" \/>The New York Yankees avoided elimination in the 2025 American League Wild Card Series, as they held off the Boston Red Sox for a 4-3 win in Game 2 at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday night, all thanks to Austin Wells coming through in the clutch with an eighth-inning RBI single. The Yankees hadn\u2019t recorded a go-ahead postseason hit this late in a must-win game since Aaron Boone\u2019s walk-off in Game 7 of the 2003 ALCS, breaking a 22-year dry spell.Carlos Rodon started for New York and pitched six-plus innings of three-run, four-hit ball, striking out six and walking three. After a wobbly third inning, when Jarren Duran singled and Ceddanne Rafaela walked, Rodon settled in, inducing crucial double plays and limiting further damage. All the while Trevor Story racked up three RBIs, two on a third-inning single and one on a sixth-inning solo shot, Rodon kept the Yankees afloat until the bullpen took the reins.<\/p>\n<p>New York&#8217;s offense got off to a flying start from Ben Rice, who in his postseason debut crushed a 106.6 mph two-run homer off Brayan Bello in the first inning, giving the Yankees a 2-0 lead. Rice would finish the night with two hits. Aaron Judge added an RBI single in the fifth to give New York a 3-2 advantage, though Boston quickly tied the game in the sixth on Story\u2019s homer.<\/p>\n<p>The game remained tied 3-3 heading into the bottom of the eighth, when Jazz Chisholm Jr., who had started the series on the bench, drew a walk against Garrett Whitlock to set the stage. Wells worked a full-count at-bat before lining a changeup down the right-field line. Chisholm raced from first and slid headfirst into home plate just ahead of the throw from right fielder Nate Eaton, giving the Yankees the go-ahead run.<\/p>\n<p>New York\u2019s bullpen then shut the door. Fernando Cruz induced a groundout from Story with the bases loaded in the seventh, Devin Williams started a 1-6-3 double play on pinch-hitter Nathaniel Lowe and struck out Carlos Narvaez to end the eighth, and David Bednar nailed down his first career postseason save by striking out the side in the ninth.<\/p>\n<p>The Yankees have now forced a winner-take-all Game 3 on Thursday in New York, where rookie Cam Schlittler is likely to make his playoff debut against Boston, which burned through six relievers in Game 2.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Yankees kept their season alive with a 4-3 Game 2 win over the Red Sox, backed by Austin Wells\u2019 clutch eighth-inning RBI single.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":106502,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2088,73,23,26],"class_list":["post-106501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","tag-austin-wells","tag-boston-red-sox","tag-mlb","tag-new-york-yankees"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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