Yankees' Cam Schlittler Makes History With Unforgettable Outing to Eliminate Red Sox

The 24-year-old was incredible against his hometown team.

Cam Schlittler was dominant on Thursday night for the Yankees. / Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images

Rookie pitcher Cam Schlittler put the Yankees on his back on Thursday night, pitching eight shutout innings against the rival—and his hometown—Red Sox to help New York advance to the American League Division Series for a second consecutive season.

Over eight frames, the 24-year-old allowed just five hits, no walks, and struck out 12 Boston batters on 107 pitches—and also made some pretty impressive MLB history in the process.

As relayed by ESPN's Jeff Passan on X (formerly Twitter), Schlittler is the first pitcher in baseball history to go eight innings with no walks and 12 strikeouts in a postseason game.

Yankees rookie Cam Schlittler's night is over. He went eight shutout, allowed five hits, didn't walk a batter and struck out 12. He is the first pitcher in baseball history to go eight innings, walk none and punch out 12 in a postseason game.

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) October 3, 2025

Factor in that it was the rookie's first-ever postseason appearance, against the team he grew up rooting for—Schlittler is a Walpole, Mass. native—and it made the night that much more special.

MLB World Reacts to Cam Schlittler's Dominant Performance vs. Red Sox

The MLB reacted justly to Schlittler's incredible performance against the Red Sox on Thursday night. Here's a look at some of the best posts across X (formerly Twitter):

First career #Postseason start in a winner-take-all Game 3

Cam Schlittler was not fazed in the slightest 🥶 pic.twitter.com/R6R3NMcYne

— MLB (@MLB) October 3, 2025

"Spectacular, scintillating, superb, silencing... Schlittler." - @JackCurryYES pic.twitter.com/oETY6e1i1j

— YES Network (@YESNetwork) October 3, 2025

That’s impressive. Big boy performance by Schlittler. Wow.

— Michael Kay (@RealMichaelKay) October 3, 2025

Cam Schlittler today pic.twitter.com/srjVP1VCxW

— Fuzzy (@fuzzyfromyt) October 3, 2025

That’s big time Schlittler!!

— CC Sabathia (@CC_Sabathia) October 3, 2025

Cam Schlittler tonight:

— 8.0 IP
— 5 H
— 0 ER
— 12 Ks
— 0 BB

Quite literally a generational performance. pic.twitter.com/VBgSD0uqXQ

— x - YankeesMuse (@YankeesMuse) October 3, 2025

gerrit cole was actually out for the season bc he gave birth to cam schlittler

— caity (@ktmob_) October 3, 2025

Cam Schlittler with 1 of the most dominant postseason starts in Yankee history

8 IP 12 K 0 R 5 H 0 BB

-12 K’s, the most by a Yankees pitcher making his postseason debut in franchise history

-U knew a fastball was on the way, still couldn’t hit him.
pic.twitter.com/i2sXJNEznD

— Coach SA (@CoachSA_) October 3, 2025

The Yankees will now take on the Toronto Blue Jays in the ALDS. Game 1 from Rogers Centre is set for Saturday, Oct. 4 at 4:08 p.m. ET.

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