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Red Sox rookie Connelly Early will make never-before-done MLB history by starting vs. Yankees

Connelly Early wants to have a special outing for the Boston Red Sox on Thursday, of course.

It's the decisive Game 3 of the AL Wild Card Series between his Red Sox and the New York Yankees . And the southpaw rookie gets the ball.

Even if Early doesn't pitch well, though, he'll have made history.

He's the first pitcher to ever start a winner-take-all postseason game within 30 days of an MLB debut, per OptaStats .

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Early had a 2.60 ERA in the minors this season before his promotion, which came in part because of an elbow injury to Dustin May. Early is ranked the No. 6 prospect in Boston's system by

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