NEW YORK — This year Aroldis Chapman put together one of the most dominant seasons by a reliever in MLB history, but with three outs to go in Game 1 of the AL Wild Card series things almost went completely off the rails.

After coming on to record the final out of the eighth, Chapman returned for the bottom of the ninth and immediately gave up three consecutive Yankees singles to load the bases with nobody out.

At that moment it looked like the Red Sox could be headed for a crushing defeat, but after a brief mound visit Chapman regrouped and slammed the door.

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Chapman struck out Giancarlo Stanton, forced a Jazz Chisholm Jr. flyout and struck out Trent Grisham to end the game, securing the 3-1 Game 1 victory for the Red Sox and his 11th career playoff save.

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