NEW YORK — When Alex Bregman and Trevor Story took the field at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday for Game 1 of the AL Wild Card series, neither was anywhere close to 100%.

Not due to injury or a season’s worth of wear and tear, but because of a viral illness that has been working its way through the Red Sox family over the past few days.

Bregman came down ill first and traveled to New York separate from the rest of the team in order to avoid getting his teammates sick. He arrived shortly before first pitch on Tuesday, by which point he was feeling well enough to play.

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“(Feeling) a lot better today than yesterday, for sure,” Bregman said following Tuesday’s 3-1 win. “I feel like every day has been better. Just trying to kick this virus and keep going.”

Others around the team

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