BOSTON — It took a little longer than they possibly would have wanted, but the Yankees’ mission to avoid traveling to Oakland for the AL wild-card game was accomplished Friday night at Fenway Park.
Knowing that a victory over the Red Sox would allow the wild-card game against the A’s to be held in The Bronx on Wednesday evening, the Yankees scored two runs in the third and six in the fourth en route to an 11-6 victory that was witnessed by a sold-out crowd of 36,779.