October 7, 2021 Yankees' Phil Nevin pushes back on criticism over sending Aaron Judge home: 'I didn’t hesitate at all' New York Yankees third base coach Phil Nevin was the subject of immense criticism Tuesday night when he waved Aaron Judge home in the middle of a tight playoff game against the Boston Red Sox.
October 5, 2021 Yankees fans irate after Aaron Judge waved home, tagged out by mile New York Yankees fans already upset with their team being down two runs in the sixth inning against the Boston Red Sox in the American League wild-card game drew their attention to third-base coach Phil Nevin and outfielder Aaron Judge.
October 5, 2021 Xander Bogaerts, Kyle Schwarber home runs lift Red Sox over Yankees in AL wild-card game The Boston Red Sox lived to fight another few days.
October 3, 2021 Yankees, Red Sox need late-game heroics to advance to AL wild-card game The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox won their final games of the 2021 season to clinch spots in the single-elimination American League wild-card game.
September 30, 2021 Judge HRs twice, Yankees beat Jays 6-2 to extend WC lead Aaron Judge hit two of New York's five home runs and the Yankees extended their AL wild-card lead by beating the Toronto Blue Jays 6-2 Thursday night.
September 30, 2021 Bichette homers twice, Blue Jays top Yanks 6-5, tighten race Bo Bichette homered twice, including a tiebreaking drive in the eighth inning that lifted the Toronto Blue Jays over the Yankees 6-5 Wednesday night, tightened the AL wild-card race and ended New York’s seven-game winning streak.
September 27, 2021 Yankees top Red Sox after controversial 8th inning, take over wild-card lead The New York Yankees used a controversial eighth inning to gain new life and defeat the Boston Red Sox on Sunday, 6-3, as the season nears its end and the American League wild-card race gets hotter.
September 25, 2021 Giancarlo Stanton hits go-ahead grand slam in the eighth, Yankees win 5-3 against Red Sox Giancarlo Stanton followed a strong performance on Friday night against the Red Sox by creating a definitive moment in New York’s season — should it end memorably for the Yanks. Stanton went 3-for-5 and added his 32nd home run of the season on Friday.
September 17, 2021 Kluber beats Indians, Gallo homers twice as Yanks win 8-0 Corey Kluber won for the first time in nearly four months, pitching six shutout innings in his first outing against the team that helped him blossom into a star, and the New York Yankees routed Cleveland 8-0 Friday night in the start of the Indians’ final series in the Bronx.
September 12, 2021 Judge HRs twice, rallies Yanks past Mets on 9/11 anniversary A raucous New York crowd of 43,144 lurched and howled — frequently out of their seats — through a back-and-forth Subway Series game that followed an affecting Sept. 11 observance.
