Wells' RBI Keeps Yankees Alive; Game 3 Thursday

The New York Yankees avoided elimination with a 4-3 Game 2 win over the Boston Red Sox as Austin Wells ripped an eighth-inning RBI single that scored Jazz Chisholm Jr., whose hustle and headfirst slide beat the throw home to give New York the lead. Trevor Story drove Boston’s offense with three RBIs, including a two-run single and a solo homer, and Carlos Rodón settled in for six-plus innings before handing the game to a shutdown bullpen that finished the final innings scoreless. The series is now tied 1-1 and will be decided Thursday night at Yankee Stadium. Both teams will turn to rookie starters: the Yankees will start righty Cam Schlittler and the Red Sox will start 23-year-old Connelly Early, a September call-up replacing the injured Lucas Giolito. Early has shown impressive command and a strong curveball in his brief big-league tune-up, and Red Sox manager Alex Cora praised his poise heading into the winner-take-all start.