Jazz Chisholm Jr. was not in the starting lineup for the Yankees against the Red Sox in Game 1 of their American League Wild Card Series at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday night.

With star left-hander Garrett Crochet on the mound for Boston, Yankees manager Aaron Boone elected to go with a right-handed batter in place of the lefty-hitting Chisholm.

Chisholm did get a plate appearance in the ninth inning, but he flew out with the bases loaded against Boston closer Aroldis Chapman in an eventual 3-1 loss.

A home loss in the opener of a best-of-three postseason series -- especially one in which you were on the bench to start -- could be pretty depressing. But ballplayers have to figure out a way to wipe their memory of a rough game quickly in order to perform the next day.

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