Yankees romp over the Red Sox as they sweep AL Wild Card Series
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Key Points:
- Max Fried pitched six strong innings, allowing only three hits and one run, leading the New York Yankees to a 9-2 victory over the Boston Red Sox and completing a two-game AL Wild Card Series sweep.
- Cody Bellinger and Luis García Jr. each homered, with Bellinger driving in four runs and García collecting three hits in his first postseason start after being acquired at the trade deadline.
- The Yankees broke the game open with a six-run sixth inning, aided by a video review overturning an out call and a series of defensive miscues by Boston.
- Boston struggled offensively, hitting just .117 with 18 strikeouts over the two-game series, and were eliminated by the Yankees in the first round for the second consecutive year.
- New York will advance to face the AL East champion Tampa Bay Rays in the AL Division Series starting Saturday.
