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New York Post
· collected 2026-10-02 · by Mark W. Sanchez
The Yankees secured their wild-card series victory over the Red Sox with a focus on strategic hitting and base-running rather than relying solely on home runs. In two games, they went 9-for-20 with runners in scoring position and struck out just 14 times, showcasing their ability to manufacture runs through timely hits, stolen bases, and bunts. Manager Aaron Boone highlighted the team’s diverse offensive approach, which included small ball tactics like sacrifice flies and well-executed bunts, alongside power hitting from players like Cody Bellinger.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-02,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
In Game 2 of the Yankees-Red Sox wild-card series on Wednesday night, the Yankees defeated the Red Sox 9-2, completing their sweep and advancing to face the Rays in the ALDS. The pivotal moment came when the Red Sox intentionally walked Ben Rice with a runner on second base to pitch to Cody Bellinger. Manager Chad Tracy's strategy backfired as Bellinger hit a three-run home run, extending the Yankees' lead to 8-1 (Boston later scored one run). Knicks player Josh Hart mocked this decision, calling it "dumb as hell" and highlighting how the Yankees used this opportunity to widen their lead. The series ended with the Yankees dominating the Red Sox in both games by a combined score of 18-2, setting up an ALDS matchup starting on Saturday against Tampa Bay at Tropicana Field.
Written for “Yankees Sweep Red Sox” on 2026-10-05,
grounded in this article and the 10 other(s) covering the same event.
The most memorable swings of the Yankees’ wild-card triumph belonged to Ben Rice, Luis García and Cody Bellinger, whose home runs changed games.
asserted
runs → belong → games
Try it freeBut the Yankees offense tormented the Red Sox’s pitching staff with lengthy, quality at-bats, timely hitting, simply making contact when contact was required and plenty of speed that Yankees teams of recent vintage did not have.
asserted
teams → try → vintage
But they were two games that provided a blueprint for how the attack, particularly if it continues to lack the power of Aaron Judge, operates at its best.
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it → provide → best
“I told those guys,” manager Aaron Boone said after the series-clinching Game 2 victory in The Bronx, “ ‘We play like that, we have a chance to beat anybody.’
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we → tell → anybody
In the two games, the Yankees went 9-for-20 with runners in scoring position and struck out just 14 times.
asserted
Yankees → go → position
A team that in the past has waited for the knockout blow instead scratched out whatever it could, perhaps best exemplified by Wednesday’s sixth inning.
uncertain
it → wait → inning
Against Garrett Crochet, Spencer Jones looked overwhelmed in chasing a strike-three sweeper in the dirt — but then showed off rare speed in reaching first base on a wild pitch that did not get that far away from Adley Rutschman.
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that → look → Rutschman
Jones then stole second, advanced to third when the throw trickled into center field, and scored on the next pitch because George Lombard Jr., who just needed to put the bat on the ball, singled for a two-run edge.
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who → steal → edge
After a Jazz Chisholm Jr. single that put runners on first and second, Trent Grisham — who had zero sacrifice bunts and zero bunt singles during the regular season — bunted nicely to third base and beat out a poor throw from Caleb Durbin.
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who → put → Durbin
With the bases loaded, none out and Garrett Whitlock in the game, the Yankees used more small ball to gain separation.
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Yankees → load → separation
Austin Wells lifted a sacrifice fly that scored a run.
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that → lift → run
Ryan McMahon, who earlier in the at-bat attempted a safety squeeze, only sent a Whitlock changeup 1 foot in the air, but the soft chopper to third base scored another.
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chopper → attempt → another
And two batters later, Bellinger poked a homer just deep enough to right to remind they can play big ball, too.
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they → poke → ball
“I thought we did a lot of good things offensively,” Boone said, “whether it was obviously a couple big long balls, Spencer legs out a strikeout to start the big inning, the stolen base comes into play, we put some balls in play, a couple of really well-computed bunt situations.”
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we → think → situations
Among those to make his postseason debut Wednesday was Brent Headrick, who retired the only batter he faced.
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he → make → batter
David Bednar, who tossed a scoreless ninth inning, owns a 1.29 ERA (seven innings, one earned run) with 10 strikeouts in six career playoff games.
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who → toss → games
The Yankees are expected to have a workout day Friday in St. Petersburg, Fla.
The Yankees outrighted righty Alexander Cornielle, who had been designated for assignment Tuesday, off the major league roster and onto the roster of the FCL Yankees.
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who → expect → Yankees
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