NEW YORK - It's an elimination game for the Yankees on Wednesday night, and their A-lineup is back in the Bronx.

Against Boston right-hander Brayan Bello, things are a lot more predictable in Aaron Boone's batting order, with lefty hitters Jazz Chisholm Jr., Ben Rice and Ryan McMahon back in there.

Coming off the Yankees' first 30-30 season since Alfonso Soriano in 2003, Chisholm wasn't thrilled to start on the bench for Game 1, as Red Sox lefty ace Garrett Crochet drove them toward a 3-1 win - closed out by lefty Aroldis Chapman, who did a high-wire act in the ninth.

One of the Yankees' best hitters down the stretch, Rice didn't even get an at-bat in Tuesday's opener.

Bello has faced the Yankees three times this year, the latest on Sept. 13 at Fenway Park, when he yielded lasted fiv

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