Yankees Edge Red Sox in Game 2 to Even Playoff Series
NEW YORK (Interstat) — Austin Wells hit a go-ahead single in the eighth inning, lifting the New York Yankees to a 4-3 win over the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday that evened their playoff series at one game apiece. The Yankees took an early 2-0 lead on Ben Rice’s first-inning homer, but Boston surged ahead with two runs in the third on Trevor Story’s single and added another on his solo homer in the sixth. New York tied it in the fifth on an Aaron Judge single before Wells’ clutch hit scored Jazz Chisholm Jr. Devin Williams earned the win in relief, while Garrett Whitlock took the loss. David Bednar secured the save. The series shifts to Game 3 on Thursday at Yankee Stadium.