Yankees vs. Red Sox score: Cam Schlittler leads New York past rivals, into ALDS

The Yankees have defeated the Red Sox, 4-0, in Game 3 of the Wild Card Series to advance to the ALDS. The Red Sox are eliminated from the postseason after winning Game 1 and then dropping the next two games in Yankee Stadium. 

The star of the show here was a rookie who didn't debut in the majors until July 9. Cam Schlittler, a 6-foot-6, 24-year-old right-hander, just went out and put the Yankees on his back. He dazzled for eight scoreless innings, only allowing five hits. Just as impressively, Schlittler struck out 12 without walking anyone. It was an all-time great postseason start from a kid making his postseason debut in Yankee Stadium. 

Red Sox rookie Connelly Early matched zeroes with Schlittler for three innings, but the Yankees' offense busted loose in the fourth. Cody Bellinger started things off with a hustle double before a Giancarlo Stanton walk. After Ben Rice struck out, Amed Rosario singled home the first run of the game. Jazz Chisholm Jr. singled to load the bases and then Anthony Volpe singled home a run. Then Austin Wells hit a ball to the right side that the Red Sox's defense couldn't handle and while it was loose, two more runs scored. 

That was it. That's all the runs that scored all game. 

Schlittler only got in trouble after that rally once. He struck out Jarren Duran to strand two runners in the fifth. 

The eight innings was longer than any regular-season major-league outing for Schlittler, but he only had to go up to 107 pitches. It was huge for Yankees manager Aaron Boone, who has had so many bullpen issues and was surely glad to avoid dealing with the relievers until the ninth. 

Trade-deadline acquisition David Bednar closed the door in the ninth. 

The Yankees head to Toronto to take on the Blue Jays in the ALDS, starting Saturday in Rogers Centre.

Always a terrible start for a closer to walk the leadoff man, but there's a four-run cushion here to play with.

The Yankees are three outs away from eliminating the Red Sox.

A six-pitch eighth inning for Schlittler thanks in large part to McMahon's over the railing catch. Holy moly.

Shades of Derek Jeter as Ryan McMahon makes a catch and falls over a rail (into the Red Sox dugout, not the crowd, but still awesome). 

Schlittler is back out to start the eighth. The crowd loves it.

Schlittler's 100th and presumably final pitch is a 98 mph fastball for his 11th strikeout. The Yankees have a four-run lead and are six outs away from the ALDS.

Schlittler is coming back out to start the seventh. He's thrown 89 pitches. His season high is 100. Fernando Cruz had been warming last inning.

A ground out and two strikeouts later, Schlittler escapes.

Fernando Cruz, who pitched in Games 1 and 2, begins to warm as Trevor Story opens the sixth with a single.

Cam Schlittler is back out to start the sixth at 78 pitches. No activity in New York's bullpen as he prepares to face Story/Bregman/Yoshida for the third time.

Schlittler gassed him up. Good morning, good afternoon, good night, inning over.

Leadoff single and a two-out single put runners at first and second for Jarren Duran, who has some pop and could make this a one-run game in an instant.

Amed Rosario, who was acquired at the trade deadline specifically to hit lefties, pulls a ground ball through the left side to score Bellinger and give the Yankees a 1-0 lead. The fly ball that wasn't caught comes back to bite the Red Sox.

Jazz Chisholm Jr. followed with a single to load the bases for Anthony Volpe, who shot an RBI single through the right side to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead. The Yankees have had much better at-bats against Early the second time through the lineup.

The next batter, Austin Wells, poked a potential double play ball to first base, but Nate Lowe mishandled it, and it went for a two-run single. Just like that, the Yankees are up 4-0.

Wells thought he had a catcher interference before that, but replay determined it was a foul better. The Yankees wound up coming out ahead on that call.

New York's lefties had much more success against Early once they got a second look at him. Righty Justin Slaten is coming in to face Aaron Judge with two on and two outs. 

Cody Bellinger's fly ball into the triangle in shallow right-center wasn't caught, and now Giancarlo Stanton drew a walk. The Yankees have runners on first and second with no outs in the fourth. Ben Rice, Amed Rosario, and Jazz Chisholm Jr. are coming up. Some movement in Boston's bullpen, but no one is throwing yet.

There is stretching in Boston's bullpen as Early begins the third inning. He's thrown 31 pitches.

Both teams had a leadoff baserunner in the second, but failed to score. The two rookies pitchers are going about it in very different ways. Schlittler's throwing gas. Early is mixing and carving.

The second baserunner of the game is a Giancarlo Stanton double to start the bottom of the second. I thought it was gone off the bat. Off the wall instead.

First baserunner of a game is a Masataka Yoshida single to start the second inning.

I'd rather see Jazz take that one from second. It's a better angle. 

14 pitches in a 1-2-3 first for Schlittler. That includes a dropped pop up in foul territory to prolong an at-bat.

Schlittler went 99, 100, 101, 101, 96 (cutter), 97 (cutter) to get Duran to line out softly to second.

Cam Schlittler's first pitch to Jarren Duran is a 98 mph fastball for a swinging strike. Extra lively crowd in the Bronx tonight.

The Yankees are going for good karma with Bucky bleepin' Dent throwing out the ceremonial first pitch. It's the anniversary of his home run in the 1978 AL East tiebreaker game.

Ben Rice has been upgraded to "gets the second loudest ovation during pregame lineup introductions behind Aaron Judge" status.

Early made two road starts in September: Sacramento and Tampa. This will be his first road start in a "real" MLB stadium.

Two rookie starters on the mound: RHP Cam Schlittler for the Yankees and LHP Connelly Early for the Red Sox. This is the first time in baseball history two starters with fewer than 15 games of MLB experience each have met in a postseason game. This will be Early's fifth career start. Schlittler made 15 after coming up in July. Lucas Giolito has an elbow injury, pushing Early into starting duty here.