New York Yankees vs Boston Red Sox _ AL Wild Card Game 2 Highlights

Carlos Rodan has been great this year and he continues to evolve. Used to be just a two-pitch pitcher, very much a four-pitch pitcher, and it's served him well right there. You see, he can still strike you out. The walk rate's pretty close to average. One-two, and he got him. Two-two. He's gone. Back-to-back punch-outs to start for Rodan as he gets Ref. Snyder and Story. Bregman pops this one up sky-high to left and Bellinger. And a one-two-three inning for Carlos Rodan. Well, this is certainly their A lineup that's going to face Brian Baio in there. And Baio, on the year, had a solid year. He's not a strikeout guy. He's a seeker guy. You see that K rate well below Major League average. So, he's a ground ball guy, a contact guy. Bellinger finds the hole to the right of Sogard in the first hit of the night for Bellinger and the Yankees. He's aboard with two down. Bellinger in his postseason, 14-15 when it comes to stolen bases, and now Ben Rice. He swings and hits it hard to right. Rice is back and the Yankees are on the board on two-run home run. The kid from Cohasset, Massachusetts steps on home and lives out a dream. The team he rooted for as a kid, the Yankees. And it's 2-0 with two outs. How about that cutter, 87 miles per hour, Coney. Right into the wheelhouse and Ben Rice was not waiting around. Every Yankee hitter has swung at the first pitch in this inning so far. They needed it because of the dominance that Brian Bale has had at this stadium. There he goes, Carlos Rodon. He is face six, he has struck out half. He threw six, all of them were for strikes. What an inning. Nick Sogard, he had that big hustle play to get in a second with the double squares to bunch. Sends it back to Rodon. He's got a play, he bounced it. Chisholm came off the bag to catch it and they will be loaded. And that's a start. He picks up a strike out of Ref Snyder. And that one is up the middle, it's going to get down. Christian Fields, and he will throw it into third base. We are tied. Trevor Story delivers an RBI that plates two on that single. Bregman, Chisholm, fires to Fulpe, to first. Nice double play by the Yankees to end the threat that the Red Sox were putting on. And that one is into right field. A change up, he was all over. And the nine-hole hitter leads off with a single. That one is on the ground. Sogard smothers. He goes to Story, who has to leapfrog over McMahon. And they get one. Line shot up the middle, going to get down in front of Rafaela. And Judge is not yet hitting for power, but he is getting on base. He is making a change. Saw this in the game, they clinched their playoff, where he came out in the fourth and started to make changes. He does it here in the third. Christian is going to third. No throw, Narvaez can't hold it. Judge advances to second. One and two to Bellinger. Reaches out, sends it to left. Fairly shallow. Duran has it. There will be no tag. Good call by Luis Rojas. And Rice on a line to right. It stays up, and it's caught by Nate Eaton. Ben Rice has hammered the ball twice. One of them out of the ballpark, and the other one into the glove of Eaton. That lands on the corner, and he's gone. He doesn't necessarily agree with Scott Ferry, but Rodon picks up another strikeout. That's six. Ref Snyder. Judge coming hard. Chisholm going out quickly, but it's Judge in foul territory. And the screen there to support him. A good running catch for the man we were just talking about. And that one missed badly. Non-competitive pitch. And that brings up Judge with one on and two down. And this will be Slater's last hitter, if he gets him or not. He's got to put all he has into a tall task. We're at number 99, and the fans here know it. It's a problem when that one gets away to throw it a second. And it's caught there in a short hop by Sogar. But now we're in a scoring position. With first base open. Judge lifts it to left. Duran running. John Grisham will score, and the Yankees have a lead. Jaron Duran had it in his glove, and it popped out. Rodon's pitch count is pretty efficient. 72 here into the 6th inning. Behind 2 and 0 to Story. Swing and a drive. Flip field. Bellinger. Back. That's high to Bregman. And Rodon frustrated, perhaps, after giving up that shot. Here comes the manager of the New York Yankees. And pops this one up on the infield. Rice has to retreat to first. He was drifting. And Narvaez hits one for the whole third. McMahon fires. Chisholm to first. And they turn a 5-4-3 double play. Aaron Boone sticks with Carlos Rodon, and that pays off. And this is a troubling play for Bregman. Barehand fires. No chance. A great effort. But Ben Rice, instead of hitting it 100 miles an hour, squibs one off his bat for a hit. Rafaela shaded a little bit towards left. And that one goes into left field. Sink or they let travel deep. And now, both Rice and Wells have gone the other way. Rice, unintentionally, the 3-2 pitch coming. And he sawed him off. A sword to end the inning, as Volpe couldn't commit. From 3-0 to a strikeout and a bark from Zach Kelly. Reared its head last night. And on four pitches, a walk to Nate Eaton. And that one hit him. It'll be first and second. They're going to send Eaton back. And that would do it for Carlos Rodon, as he nearly hit him on the prior pitch. He drills him there. Eight pitches and eight balls. Runners at first and second. And Cruz coming in. Oh, you're putting the pressure. He's going to bunt. You've got to make the defense play. You've got to move those runners over. And now, Cruz is the next pitcher for the New York Yankees. In a difficult spot to inherit. Popped right to the former shortstop, who looked like a former shortstop, the way he reacted after that catch. And Rafaela, who has been a hero in the series with his ability to draw walks, cannot lay the bunt down. Sogart sends one to left field. And Bellinger, there to make the easy play. And Cruz comes in and gets two big outs. Cruz delivers this one to Chisholm. Diving. Safe. The ball gets away from Rice, but not far enough. And Eaton stays at third. Oof, a risk-reward play by Chisholm to make the throw. And Yoshida diving into first. The bases are loaded. Eaton at third, Duran at second. Yoshida at first. Story sends one high and deep to center field. Grisham, on the track, is there to make the play. And look at Fernando Cruz. They got Rafaela to pop it up to him to start the thing. And a 400-foot fly out with the bases loaded to end it. Here's Rodon, hoping, hoping it stays. It did. And nobody had a better reaction than Fernando Cruz. What this game means to him and what that moment meant to him, hard to put into words. Williams has been like most of the bullpen arms, at times great and at times not so great. Another changeup and that one is down. Ballinger makes a nice stab at it to keep Bregman at first. Back up the middle, fielded cleanly. He'll throw high to Volpe. And a great job to come down on the base and make the throw to first to double up low. Good adjustment. Catch the ball first. Land on that bag and in one motion. Throw the feed, a good feed, back to Rice. This one almost hit Eaton who had a dive out of the way of the flying back. He is slow to get up. You don't see that very often. Lock for his career had been a starter. Trying to stay healthy, they moved him to the bullpen. And he issues the walk to Chisholm. Now you have elite speed at first base. The Yankees have done their damage tonight. Both their rallies started with two outs. And all four series runs have come with two outs. Over it but fouled. Got a sinker in. He did go that time and we are full. The 3-2. Fouled off. Went with a 95 mile an hour sinker. India set him up for a changeup away. Seventh pitch of the at bat coming to Austin Wells. Chisholm to third. And the speed of Chisholm. A bang bang play and a great throw from Eaton. You cannot miss speed. Chisholm able to go with two outs on the pitch. Changeup, beautiful slide. A two out rally. Set up, all via the walk. First run allowed by Whitlock in 14 games. Phenomenal game last night. Bases loaded, nobody out. The Red Sox hang on. Here's Bednar now trying to hold on for the Yankees. William Abreu will pinch hit. The Yankees 32 and 1 when leading entering the ninth facing postseason elimination. Bednar's first pitch misses. Lands that one. Abreu is a tremendous defensive player but he also has some pop 22 home runs on the season. Big swing right there to try to tie it. 98 mile an hour sinker. But the count goes full. 97 mile an hour heater to strike out. William Abreu throws him. 98 back to back punch outs. One out away from forcing a game three. And now Rafaela. Off speed way out in front of a curve ball. And this one is driven to right. Judge going back, still back right there. Option for the Yankees. 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