The Boston Red Sox knocked out arch-rivals New York Yankees in the Major League Baseball (MLB) wildcard round.
The Boston Red Sox knocked out arch-rivals New York Yankees in the Major League Baseball (MLB) wildcard round. The hosts prevailed 6-2 at Fenway Park and met the Tampa Bay Rays in the quarter-finals of the play-offs.
Xander Bogaerts and Kyle Schwarber make home runs for Boston, World Series winners of 2018, in the American League (AL) elimination game. The record champions from New York have to wait for their first title since 2009.
The Yankees had qualified for the wildcard round on the last day of the main round with a 1-0 win at the Rays. The Red Sox won after a race to catch up 7-5 at the Baltimore Orioles.
In the National League (NL) wildcard game, defending champions Los Angeles Dodgers and the St. Louis Cardinals will meet on Wednesday (local time), the winner will then play against the San Francisco Giants.
The play-off quarter-finals will be played in best-of-five mode. Then the champions of the respective leagues and the winners of the World Series are determined according to the “best of seven” mode.
