BOSTON -- The Yankees are going home.
With Friday's 11-6 win over the Red Sox, the Yankees simultaneously clinched home-field advantage American League Wild Card Game with the A's and turned their last two games of the season at Fenway Park into little more than tuneups.
Going into the night, manager Aaron Boone's team needed at least one more win or one more Oakland loss to ensure Yankee Stadium would host the win-or-go-home game Wednesday.
Otherwise they faced the unappetizing possibility of a West Coast trip for the crucial contest.
The Yankees took care of it themselves, socking the American League East champs, whom they hope to face in the AL Division Series that starts Friday at Fenway.