The two best words in sports: Game … 3?

No, that isn’t quite how the saying goes, but the Yankees face a winner-take-all showdown all the same. After a stupefying Game 1 defeat and a reinvigorating Game 2 victory, this neck-and-neck Wild Card Series against the rival Red Sox will require a third game to decide a winner and MLB’s final Division Series participant.

Two rookie pitchers will take the mound to begin the game tonight as the Yankees look to become the first team since the permanent institution of the 12-team playoff format in 2022 to win a Wild Card Series after dropping the opener (though it did happen in earlier years). The Yanks also seek to defeat their archrivals in October for the first time since their manager walked ‘em off 2003, after falling in ‘04, ‘18, and ‘21.

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