Red Sox lineup at Yankees for September 12, 2024; Wildcard rankings

Both teams enter the series with walk-off wins. Tyler O'Neill hit a three-run home run in the 10th inning to give the Red Sox a 5-3 victory over Baltimore and the series win. It was O'Neill's fifth career walk-off RBI and his second of the season.

The Yankees defeated the Royals 4-3 in 11 innings thanks to an infield single by Jazz Chisholm that scored the winning run.

Cooper Criswell will start the series opener for the Sox.

Lineups

RED SOX (74-72): Duran LF, Devers 3B, Refsnyder RF, O'Neill DH, Gonzalez 2B, Wong 1B, Story SS, Jansen D.C, Rafaela CF

Set up: RHP Cooper Criswell (6-4, 4.11 ERA)

YANKEES (84-62): Torres 2B, Soto RF, Judge CF, Wells C, Stanton DH, Chisholm Jr. 3B, Dominguez LF, Rizzo 1B, Volpe SS.

Set up: LHP Nestor Cortes (9-10, 3.97 ERA)

Time: 19:15

Television, radio: Fox, WEEI-FM 93.7

Red Sox vs. Cortes: Triston Casas 0:2, Rafael Devers 4:15, Jarren Duran 2:7, Romy González 4:5, Danny Jansen 1:7, Tyler O'Neill 1:6, Ceddanne Rafaela 0:4, Rob Refsnyder 8:16, Trevor Story 1:2, Enmanuel Valdez 1:2, Connor Wong 3:9, Masataka Yoshida 0:4

Yankees vs. Criswell: Oswaldo Cabrera 0-1, Jazz Chisholm Jr. 1-1, Trent Grisham 1-1, Aaron Judge 0-2, Anthony Rizzo 0-1, Juan Soto 0-1, Giancarlo Stanton 2-2, Gleyber Torres 0-3, Alex Verdugo 1-3, Anthony Volpe 1-3, Austin Wells 0-2

Statistics of the day: Tyler O'Neill has gone 15-of-43 with two doubles and nine home runs in his last 51 at-bats against left-handed pitchers, beginning July 20 at the Dodgers.

Notes: O'Neill hit 30 home runs for the second time in his career (also 34 in 2021). He has hit five home runs in his last five games. Eight of his last 14 hits since Aug. 25 and 14 of his last 30 since July 20 have been home runs. … The Red Sox have won two straight Series, improving their record to 23-18-6 in the Series. Against AL East opponents, they are 5-5-2 (2-1-2 in their last five games). … Criswell is making his first career start at Yankee Stadium. In two appearances (one start) against the Yankees, he is 0-0 with a 5.40 ERA. … Cortes is 2-0 with a 5.22 ERA in 12 career appearances (six starts) against the Red Sox. He has thrown the most innings on his team, 163⅓, and will make his 29th start of the season. … Red Sox starters have posted a 2.47 ERA in their last 16 games since Aug. 26, allowing three or fewer runs in 14 of them (two or fewer in 13).

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