The New York Yankees edged out the Boston Red Sox Wednesday with a dramatic 4-3 win that forced the Wild Card Series to a decisive Game 3. The AL East foes added a new chapter to their fabled rivalry as the teams will meet in a postseason winner-take-all clash for the fourth time .
Both New York and Boston will turn to rookie starting pitchers for Thursday’s showdown. Cam Schlittler will take the mound for the Yankees while the Red Sox counter with Connelly Early. Schlittler’s postseason debut will be just his 15th-career start. But he looks like a grizzled veteran compared to Early, who has logged four major-league outings and a total of 19.1 innings since debuting on September 9.
The intriguing matchup marks just the second time in baseball history that two rookie starting pitc