Yankees Turn to Schlittler for Wild-Card Game 1 Against Red Sox
New York will start Cy Young favorite Cam Schlittler in the opener of their best-of-three wild-card series against Boston, with Max Fried and Gerrit Cole lined up to follow.
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The New York Yankees will hand the ball to right-hander Cam Schlittler for Game 1 of their best-of-three American League wild-card series against the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday.
Schlittler enters the postseason as a favorite for the American League Cy Young Award, and the Yankees are counting on him to set the tone in the opening game of the series.
Behind Schlittler, New York plans to follow with left-hander Max Fried and veteran right-hander Gerrit Cole as the series progresses, giving the club a trio of proven arms to lean on in the short series format.
The winner of the wild-card series advances to face a higher seed in the next round of the American League playoffs.
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