"There is nothing like the drama of postseason baseball. Nothing! The evening started as a classic pitcher's duel, gave way to an improbable Red Sox rally in the seventh, and closed with a white knuckle bottom of the ninth that had everybody along the I-95 corridor from New Jersey to Maine ready to hurl. The calendar may still read September 30th, but this was pure October baseball. (Can we give October a 32nd day this year?)"
"Aroldis Chapman entered the game on the back of 67 relief appearances for the Red Sox this season. In those appearances, he held opponents to one hit or less 63 times, and allowed just two hits the other four times. But when he came out to close the bottom of the ninth tonight (after also getting the last out of the eighth), he allowed three hits before getting a single out. And yet, somehow, he still got out of it scoreless!"
"The drama was only heightened by it coming against the backdrop of what happened in a 24 hour period nine and a half months earlier. On the evening of December 10th, 2024, the Yankees landed Max Fried in free agency by going to an eighth year on the contract offer. The Sox were in on him, but got outbid. Less than 24 hours later, this happened:"
Postseason baseball produced intense drama as a game opened as a pitcher's duel, featured an improbable seventh-inning Red Sox rally, and ended with a frantic bottom of the ninth. Aroldis Chapman entered after 67 relief appearances and, despite allowing three hits before recording an out in the ninth, escaped without yielding a run. Garrett Crochet dominated with 7.2 innings, 11 strikeouts, one run allowed and no walks. Offseason maneuvers set up the matchup: the Yankees signed Max Fried on December 10, 2024, Boston pivoted to Crochet and acquired Carlos Narvaez while parting with Kyle Teel, and both pitchers delivered all season.
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