The Boston Red Sox will host the New York Yankees in the American League wild-card game Tuesday night after clutch hits by their biggest stars helped to avoid several Game 163 scenarios.
Aaron Judge drove home the winning run with a one-out single in the ninth inning of the Yankees' 1-0 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday while Red Sox slugger Rafael Devers' 2-run homer in the ninth inning broke a 5-5 tie with the Washington Nationals.
Yankees shortstop Gio Urshela made a Jeter-esque catch, charging recklessly into the visiting dugout, and New York finished the year 92-70, punching a fifth consecutive postseason ticket after nearly falling into a labyrinth of tiebreaker scenarios.