Masataka Yoshida didn't have the fair shot he needed at the plate for most of the season. He responded to boost the Red Sox.

New York loaded the bases with nobody out in the ninth inning, but All-Star closer Aroldis Chapman worked out of the jam.

The 2025 MLB playoffs have arrived. The 12-team bracket is set, and the postseason got underway on Tuesday with four Wild Card Series Games: Guardians vs. Tigers, Cubs vs. Padres, Yankees vs. Red Sox and Dodgers vs.

NEW YORK — You can run on Aaron Judge, Red Sox position players were told before Tuesday night’s Wild Card Series opener in a meeting with third base coach Kyle Hudson, who is in charge of baserunning. Boston scouted the Yankees, so they knew Judge’s throwing arm hasn’t been right since he suffered an elbow flexor strain in July.

By stretching a single into a double against an outfielder with a questionable arm, the Red Sox' second baseman set up a go-ahead score.