NEW YORK -- Most 24-year-old rookie pitchers wouldn’t get an opportunity to take the mound with his team facing elimination in the postseason.

Cam Schlittler ? He’s about to do it for the second time in less than a week.

With their backs again against the wall on Tuesday night, the Yankees extended their season with a 9-6 victory in Game 3 of the American League Division Series at Yankee Stadium, cutting the Blue Jays’ series lead to 2-1. New York still needs to win Wednesday night’s Game 4 at home to force a win-or-go-home Game 5 in Toronto on Friday.

Schlittler already has saved the Yankees’ season once, tossing eight dominant innings in their 4-0 win over the Red Sox in the win-or-go-home Game 3 of the AL Wild Card Series last Thursday night. The right-hander from Walpole, Mass.

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