Cam Schlittler starting Game 3 wasn’t always a guarantee.

He wasn’t even on the Yankees’ roster to start the season, and he needed to earn the spot over both Luis Gil and Will Warren.

Cam Schlittler #31 of the New York Yankees, reacts after striking out Jarren Duran #16 of the Boston Red Sox, to end the 5th inning. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post

Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post

But Schlittler rewarded Aaron Boone’s call with the rookie by tossing eight scoreless innings and striking out 12 batters — a postseason record for a Yankees rookie —in a dazzling postseason gem.

He allowed just five hits, walked zero batters and when Boone sent him back out for the eighth at 100 pitches, he only needed seven more to record his final three outs.

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