By Brendan Kuty, Jen McCaffrey and Chris Kirschner
NEW YORK — The crowd roared, and then the building shook. Austin Wells’ eighth-inning, two-out liner rattled around in the right-field corner long enough for Jazz Chisholm Jr. to chug from first base and score the go-ahead run with a headfirst slide, helping the New York Yankees to a 4-3 win over the Boston Red Sox in Game 2 of the American League Wild Card Series on Wednesday night. This time, the Yankees’ bullpen didn’t falter, like it did in Game 1. This time, the Red Sox had to twice erase Yankees’ leads. Both teams’ seasons are on the brink with the elimination Game 3 looming Thursday.
Don’t forget about this defensive play from Chisholm
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