Fried inducing a double play and sitting on 99 pitches prompted Boone to reconsider and let his ace lefty get one more out in the seventh.Fried did that, and then Boone went to his bullpen. Luke Weaver walked the first batter he faced,

Following the Yankees' 4-3 win over the Red Sox in Game 2 of the Wild Card series on Wednesday, manager Aaron Boone and the players spoke about the pivotal game that saved their season.

New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone made a gutsy call to remove ace Max Fried from the game on Tuesday night. It didn't pay off.

Is New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone crumbling under the bright lights of the MLB playoffs? Boone is taking heat for several controversial decisions in Game

Chisholm was mad that he was benched for the Yankees’ playoff opener for Amed Rosario, a right-handed hitter who had excellent career numbers against the Red Sox Game 1 starter, Cy Young frontrunning left-hander Garret Crochet.

The New York Yankees lost Game 1 to the Boston Red Sox and Aaron Boone is under fire for some decisions he made.

Yankees reliever Luke Weaver got two quick strikes on Red Sox outfielder Ceddanne Rafaela, but it was all downhill from there. A walk, a double and a single later, and the Red Sox had the lead. After the game, Boone explained the reasoning behind removing Fried from the game.

Why pull Max Fried with one out in the seventh inning for Luke Weaver? And why sit Ben Rice and Jazz Chisholm Jr.? Boone defended the moves.

There's plenty of symmetry between the careers of Roberts and Boone, who once played in college against each other in the Pac-10 in the 1990s -- Roberts at UCLA, Boone at USC. They're two names synonymous with the Yankees-Boston Red Sox rivalry in the early 2000s -- Boone's walk-off homer in 2003, Roberts' infamous stolen base in 2004.