US Edition"Boston Got Other Things to Distract Them" - Yankees' Cam Schlittler Teases Red Sox Fans with Hockey and Basketball Seasons Ahead
Rookie Cam Schlittler struck out 12 batters over eight shutout innings, becoming the first rookie since 1997 to record 10+ strikeouts in a playoff game.
- On October 3, 2025, the Yankees won Game 3, 4-0, with rookie pitcher Cam Schlittler outdueling Connelly Early to clinch the series.
- Schlittler said the matchup was `personal for me` after Red Sox fans targeted his family on social media and he spoke about converting his family from Walpole, Mass. to Yankees supporters.
- Fastballs accounted for 89% of Cam Schlittler, Yankees rookie pitcher's 107 pitches, powering eight shutout innings with 12 strikeouts and making him the first rookie since Livan Hernandez in 1997.
- With Boston's season over, Schlittler handed the ball to David Bednar, who shut the door to clinch the series as New York advances to the ALDS against the Toronto Blue Jays in less than 48 hours.
- Beyond the immediate result, the start bolsters Cam Schlittler's reputation as a rising postseason standout for New York Yankees and adds a fresh chapter to the Yankees–Red Sox rivalry, with some observers hopeful it can reignite in the coming years.
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Mike Lupica: Led by Cam Schlittler, these Yankees look different this October
There are more games for the Yankees to play, maybe all the way out of October. It’s because on Thursday night at Yankee Stadium — in a Game 3 of a Wild Card series that felt like a lot more than that — Cam Schlittler did to somebody else what teams have been doing in big October moments to the Yankees for more than 20 years. This was Schlittler, in a dazzling display of power and poise, doing to the Red Sox what a kid named Josh Beckett did to …
"Boston got other things to distract them" - Yankees' Cam Schlittler teases Red Sox fans with hockey and basketball seasons ahead
Cam Schlittler produced one of the best starts in postseason history for a rookie, pitching eight scoreless innings with 12 strikeouts and 0 walks, helping the New York Yankees eliminate the Boston Re
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Cam Schlittler: Red Sox fans 'crossed the line' on social media
As it turns out, Cam Schlittler was pitching with a little extra motivation in his record-setting performance in the American League wild-card decider on Thursday.
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