TORONTO — Shortly after shoving for eight scoreless innings in the Yankees’ do-or-die Game 3 Wild Card win over the Red Sox on Thursday, Cam Schlittler said that ending Boston’s season was “personal for me.”

Not just because the Walpole, Massachusetts native grew up rooting for the Red Sox, but because some members of the fanbase he used to be part of crossed a line with their trash talking on social media. On Friday, Schlittler confirmed that some Red Sox fans went after his mom, Christine, who made her X account private the day before. The rookie didn’t know if anyone sent anything threatening her way, but he did say “some of the bigger accounts they’ve got over there” did enough to anger him, as he saw some disheartening posts before he took the mound at Yankee Stadium.

Schlittl

See Full Page