The Red Sox’ 2025 season came to a disappointing end Thursday night, as Boston fell to the Yankees, 4-0, in a decisive Game 3 of the Wild Card series.

In the four years since MLB changed the format of Wild Card series into a best-of-three set-up, the team that won Game 1 had won each of the first 14 series — including two series victories for the Tigers and Cubs on Thursday.

The Red Sox are now the lone outlier after squandering a Game 1 victory with a lifeless showing at Yankee Stadium.

Here are five takeaways from Thursday’s season-ending loss:

Red Sox offer little resistance

As rewarding as it was for the Red Sox to finally punch their ticket to the postseason for the first time since 2021, there will be few silver linings worth harping on after a series where self-inflicted misc

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