Red Sox Best Yankees 3-1 in First Game of AL Wild Card Round
Garrett Crochet recorded 39 strikeouts and a 2.59 ERA against the Yankees in 2025, contributing to Boston’s postseason win in the Wild Card opener.
- Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York, hosts Game 1 on Tuesday, Sep. 30 with first pitch at 6:08 pm ET, as the Wild Card round begins.
- This season's head-to-head stats show Boston Red Sox finished 9-4 against New York Yankees with a +15 run differential, and Boston holds three straight postseason series wins over New York.
- Garrett Crochet has a 2.59 ERA and MLB-leading 255 strikeouts, while Max Fried holds a 2.86 ERA but struggles with a 5.10 postseason ERA.
- Oddsmakers opened New York Yankees as favorites at-165, DraftKings reports over 58% of bets on New York, with runline New York-1.5 priced at +168.
- Boston's season nevertheless featured prospect call-ups Marcelo Mayer and Roman Anthony and injuries including Triston Casas's ruptured patellar tendon on May 2.
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Crochet bests Fried in pitchers’ duel as Red Sox snatch Game 1 from Yankees - West Hawaii Today
NEW YORK — In the span of 24 hours at last December’s MLB winter meetings in Dallas, the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees each secured an ace left-hander to lead their respective team back to baseball’s promised land.
Crochet bests Fried in pitchers’ duel as Red Sox snatch Game 1 from Yankees - Hawaii Tribune-Herald
NEW YORK — In the span of 24 hours at last December’s MLB winter meetings in Dallas, the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees each secured an ace left-hander to lead their respective team back to baseball’s promised land.


Garrett Crochet looked impressive in covering nearly eight innings, Aroldis Chapman turned off a fire with bases full of outs in the ninth and Boston Red Sox flipped the board to beat the New York Yankees on Tuesday 3-1 in the American League Wilds series.
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