You never know what will happen when two teams meet up in a winner-takes-all playoff game in October. Stakes are high, crowds are loud and one teams ends up advancing while the other is sent home sad.
Exactly what happened to three teams during Thursday's Wild Card Game 3s, including the Boston Red Sox, who lost to the New York Yankees 4-0 at Yankee Stadium.
That meant the seasons of former Texas Rangers Aroldis Chapman and Nathaniel Lowe came to an end short of another World Series title.
Lowe's defensive blunder tough blow in AL Wild Card loss
Up 1-0 in the Wild Card Series after a hard fought Game 1 victory, the Red Sox became just the first team to a blow a 1-0 series lead since the best-of-three Wild Card was implemented back in 2022.