AL Wild Card Game: Boston Red Sox vs New York Yankees, October 5, 2021
AL Wild Card Game
October 5, 2021, 8:08 PM ET | Fenway Park
Starting Pitchers
New York Yankees
Recorded starter
Boston Red Sox
Recorded starter
Season Comparison
2021New York YankeesBoston Red Sox
.729
OPS.777
222
HR219
711
Runs829
3.74
ERA4.26
1.21
WHIP1.38
1569
Strikeouts by pitchers1527
Lower is better for ERA and WHIP; bars show each value against the larger of the two.
Top Performers
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Boston Red Sox, MLBDB pick
Boston Red Sox, MLBDB pick
New York Yankees, MLBDB pick
Box Score
Batting
Giancarlo Stanton led New York Yankees with 3 hits and 1 home run and 1 RBI.
| Player | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Rizzo1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Aaron JudgeRF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Giancarlo StantonDH | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Joey GalloLF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Gleyber Torres2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett GardnerCF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Gio Urshela3B/SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kyle HigashiokaC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Gary SánchezPH/C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew VelazquezSS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rougned OdorPH/3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 32 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
Alex Verdugo led Boston Red Sox with 2 hits and 3 RBI.
| Player | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle SchwarberDH | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Enrique HernándezCF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rafael Devers3B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Xander BogaertsSS | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Alex VerdugoLF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hunter RenfroeRF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Kevin PlaweckiC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis ShawPH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Christian VázquezC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bobby Dalbec1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Christian Arroyo2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 28 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 2 |
Pitching
Gerrit Cole went 2.0 innings for New York Yankees (3 SO, 3 ER); Nathan Eovaldi went 5.1 innings for Boston Red Sox (8 SO, 1 ER).
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | |||||||
| Gerrit Cole | 2.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Clay Holmes | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Luis Severino | 1.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jonathan Loáisiga | 1.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Chad Green | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Boston Red Sox | |||||||
| Nathan Eovaldi | 5.1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| Ryan Brasier | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tanner Houck | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Hansel Robles | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Garrett Whitlock | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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