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Yankees Rout Red Sox to Advance to ALDS in Dominant Fashion

New York beat Boston, 9–2, after pulling away in the middle innings for the second straight night. The Rays await in the ALDS.
The Red Sox need Willson Contreras and the rest of its offense to wake up with their season on the line.
The Red Sox need Willson Contreras and the rest of its offense to wake up with their season on the line. | IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect

For the second straight season, Boston’s season ended at Yankee Stadium after losing to their bitter rivals in the wild-card round. New York’s 9–2 victory ended the Red Sox’ season in embarrassing fashion, and the Yankees will move on to face the Rays in the division series feeling confident about their chances even if Aaron Judge can’t return to the lineup.

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Will Laws
WILL LAWS

Will Laws has been leading Sports Illustrated’s baseball coverage since 2024 and has covered MLB since 2014. Prior to joining the SI staff in February 2020, he previously worked for Yahoo, Graphiq, MLB.com and the Raleigh News & Observer. His work also has appeared on Yahoo Sports, NBA.com and AOL. Laws has a bachelor’s in print and digital journalism with a minor in sports media studies from the University of Southern California.

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Tom Verducci
TOM VERDUCCI

Tom Verducci is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated who has covered Major League Baseball since 1981. He also serves as an analyst for FOX Sports and the MLB Network; is a New York Times best-selling author; and cohosts The Book of Joe podcast with Joe Maddon. A five-time Emmy Award winner across three categories (studio analyst, reporter, short form writing) and nominated in a fourth (game analyst), he is a three-time National Sportswriter of the Year winner, two-time National Magazine Award finalist, and a Penn State Distinguished Alumnus Award recipient. Verducci is a member of the National Sports Media Hall of Fame, Baseball Writers Association of America (including past New York chapter chairman) and a Baseball Hall of Fame voter since 1993. He also is the only writer to be a game analyst for World Series telecasts. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, with whom he has two children.