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Full house: Fans flow, home-field edge back for MLB playoffs

Baseball’s postseason is returning to its pre-pandemic format a year after COVID-19 confined most of last October’s action to empty stadiums in neutral sites

OCTOBER 5, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

AL wild-card game: The Yankees and Red Sox every baseball fan can root for

You don't have to like the Yankees or Red Sox to enjoy watching these players on Tuesday, Jordan Shusterman writes.

OCTOBER 5, 2021

AL wild-card game: Six ways Yankees vs. Red Sox could play out

Before the Yankees and Red Sox square off at Fenway, Jake Mintz lays out six possibilities for this epic wild-card game.

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Boston will face New York in the AL wild-card game

The Red Sox will host the Yankees in the one-game AL wild-card playoff

OCTOBER 5, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

LEADING OFF: Start 'em up! Yankees vs Red Sox open playoffs

All these years later, the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox are set to meet again at Fenway Park in an all-or-nothing game Tuesday night

OCTOBER 4, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Betts leads MLB in jersey sales, 4 Dodgers in top 10

Mookie Betts and the reigning World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers had four of the top 10 selling jerseys in Major League Baseball this season

OCTOBER 4, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

No scramble, playoffs set: Yanks-Red Sox, Giants win West

The pairings for the baseball playoffs are all set

OCTOBER 4, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

AL wild-card: Yankees-Red Sox set after Aaron Judge, Rafael Devers deliver Aaron Judge's RBI infield single in the bottom of the ninth inning scored Tyler Wade from third to lift the Yankees to 92-70 for the season.

OCTOBER 3, 2021 • THEATHLETIC.COM

Aaron Judge's base hit sends Yankees to Tuesday's AL wild card The late victory at Yankee Stadium on the last day of the regular season punched the Yankees’ ticket to Tuesday’s AL wild card.

OCTOBER 3, 2021 • NORTHJERSEY.COM

Judge delivers in 9th, Yanks clinch playoff spot in final AB

Aaron Judge drove home the winning run with a one-out single in the ninth inning and the New York Yankees clinched a playoff berth on the last day of the regular season by beating...

OCTOBER 3, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Taillon scheduled to start as New York hosts Tampa Bay

The Rays will start Michael Wacha on Sunday and the Yankees are expected to counter with Jameson Taillon

OCTOBER 3, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Reynolds' four hits power Pirates to 8-6 win over Reds

Bryan Reynolds had four hits, raising his batting average above

OCTOBER 3, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

LEADING OFF: Who's in? Final day scramble for AL wild cards

Red Sox ace Chris Sale takes the mound in Washington with a chance to pitch Boston into the postseason

OCTOBER 3, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Montgomery expected to start as New York hosts Tampa Bay

The Rays will start Shane Baz on Saturday while the Yankees are expected to counter with Jordan Montgomery

OCTOBER 2, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Time for Aaron Judge to deliver Yankees' knockout punch Two wins this weekend would put the Wild Card Game in the Bronx.

OCTOBER 1, 2021 • MCALL.COM

Cortes Jr. expected to start as New York hosts Tampa Bay

The Rays will start Shane McClanahan on Friday while the Yankees are expected to counter with Nestor Cortes Jr

OCTOBER 1, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Lennon: A big hand for Judge, a big Yankee with sore pinkie Aaron Judge proved one of two things Thursday night at Rogers Centre by homering twice and making a run-saving sliding catch to lead the Yan...

OCTOBER 1, 2021 • NEWSDAY.COM

Pair of homers Judge went 2-for-3 with two solo home runs and a walk Thursday against the Blue Jays.

Impact Judge took Robbie Ray yard twice, with the first coming in the opening frame and the other in the sixth inning. He now has 39 homers of the season, including four in his last eight games. On the campaign, Judge is hitting .288/.374/.549 with 97 RBI and 89 runs scored across 621 plate appearances.

OCTOBER 1, 2021 • ROTOWIRE

Judge HRs twice, Yankees beat Jays 6-2 to extend WC lead

Aaron Judge hit two of New York’s five home runs and the Yankees extended their AL wild-card lead by beating the Toronto Blue Jays 6-2

OCTOBER 1, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Aaron Judge, Yankees shell Blue Jays' Robbie Ray, expand AL wild-card lead New York improved to 91-68, three games ahead of the Blue Jays (88-71) and one ahead of the Red Sox and Mariners, who share the second wild-...

OCTOBER 1, 2021 • THEATHLETIC.COM

Kluber scheduled to start for New York against Toronto

The Blue Jays will roll out Robbie Ray to the mound Thursday and the Yankees will give Corey Kluber the start

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Bichette homers twice, Blue Jays top Yanks 6-5, tighten race

Bo Bichette homered twice, including a tiebreaking drive off Clay Holmes in the eighth inning that lifted the Toronto Blue Jays over the Yankees 6-5, tightened the AL wild-card rac...

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Berrios expected to start as Blue Jays host the Yankees

The Yankees will start Gerrit Cole on Wednesday and the Blue Jays are expected to counter with Jose Berrios

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Launches 37th home run Judge went 2-for-2 with a solo home run, two RBI, two runs scored and a pair of walks during Tuesday's win over the Blue Jays.

Impact Judge got the Yankees on the board with a 366-foot shot against Hyun Jin Ryu in the third inning. Clearly the 29-year-old is just fine after dislocating his left pinkie finger during Sunday's game. The long ball was the team-leading 37th of the year for Judge, who is slashing .287/.374/.540 overall.

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021 • ROTOWIRE

Stanton HRs as Yankees beat Jays 7-2, extend wild card lead

Giancarlo Stanton hit a three-run home run, Aaron Judge homered and drove in two runs and the New York Yankees extended their lead atop the AL wild card standings by beating the To...

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS