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'Special' rookie Schlittler spark for Yankees
Los Angeles Times
|October 04, 2025
Rookie right-hander Cam Schlittler struck out 12 in eight dominant innings and the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 4-0 on Thursday night to win their American League wild card Series in a deciding third game.
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ISHIKA SAMANT Getty Images CAM SCHLITTLER struck out 12, walked none and gave up five singles in the Game 3 win over Boston.
Taking his place in Yankees-Red Sox rivalry lore, the 24-year-old Schlittler overpowered Boston with 100-mph heat in his 15th major league start and pitched New York into a best-of-five division series against AL East champion Toronto beginning Saturday.
"A star is born tonight.
He's a special kid, man," Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. "He is not afraid. He expects this." Amed Rosario and Anthony Volpe each had an RBI single in a four-run fourth as New York became the first team to lose the opener of a best-of-three wild-card series and come back to advance since MLB expanded the first round of the playoffs in 2022.
This story is from the October 04, 2025 edition of Los Angeles Times.
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