BRONX, NY — The Yankees will live to fight at least one more day.
Austin Wells lined a single down the right-field line, scoring Jazz Chisholm Jr. from first, in the bottom of the eighth inning against Boston Red Sox reliever Garrett Whitlock to lift the Bronx Bombers to a 4-3 victory over their arch rivals in Game 2 of the American League Wild Card Series on Wednesday night in the Bronx.
With it comes a winner-take-all Game 3, to be played on Thursday night at Yankee Stadium. The winner advances to the ALDS to meet the No. 1 seed Toronto Blue Jays.
The Red Sox came back twice behind Trevor Story, who drove in all three runs against Yankees starter Carlos Rodon to knot the game up at three all in the sixth inning. But New York rallied with two outs in the eighth to keep its season alive