As New York, Boston Are Starting Three Game Wild Card Series Tuesday Night In Bronx New York Cam Schlittler, Payton Tolle Are Starting
New York the team that wears the pinstripes, Boston who are both members of American League East are starting postseason three game Wild Card Series Tuesday night in Bronx New York.
In 2026 regular season New York the team that wears the pinstripes won season series 7-6 because they were 4-2 at Yankee Stadium while Boston was 4-3 at Fenway Park.
The winner is going to advance to play Tampa Bay who was crowned American League East Champion in 2026 regular season finishing with record of 98-64 while New York the team that wears the pinstripes finished second to Tampa Bay with record of 93-68 while Boston finished in 2026 regular season with record of 87-75.
Cam Schlittler, Payton Tolle are starting!
Where?
On the mound!
Cam Schlittler, Payton Tolle are different because Cam Schlittler is a right handed starting pitcher while Payton Tolle is a left handed starting pitcher!
Cam Schlittler who is starting game 1 of Wild Card Series for New York the team that wears the pinstripes comes into game 1 of Wild Card Series with record of 14-6 with an earn run average of 1.95 because on Thursday September 24, 2026 to finish the 2026 regular season in New York the team that wears the pinstripes 6-4 win Cam Schlittler who started pitched 3.0 innings surrendering 3 hits 1 earned run , 2 walks.
To who?
Yandy Diaz who is designated hitter who is singled to right scoring Taylor Walls putting Tampa Bay ahead of New York the team that wears the pinstripes 1-0 in top of 1st inning before Michael Fulmer came on in relief of Cam Schlittler surrendering single to Junior Caminero who singled to left scoring Yandy Diaz extending Tampa Bay ‘s lead on New York the team that wears the pinstripes 2-0 in top of 3rd inning while walking 2 batters striking out 5 batters in New York the team that wears the pinstripes 6-4 win.
Payton Tolle who is starting game of Wild Card Series for Boston finished 2026 regular season with record of 9-6 with an earn run average of 3.03 because on Tuesday September 22, 2026 against Cleveland in Boston Massachusetts Payton Tolle took no decision pitched 5.2 innings surrendering 8 hits, 2 earned runs 2 walks.
To who?
David Fry who is first baseman who singled to center to Angel Martinez who is left fielder putting Cleveland ahead 1-0 before getting a groundout into double play to Isaiah Kiner- Falefa, Nick Sogard scoring David Fry.
While walking 2 batters striking out 5 batters.
Though,
Could mother nature get in the way of New York the team that wears the pinstripes, Boston first Wild Card game?
There isn’t a chance of that happening because at first pitch it’s partly cloudy 67 degrees with 0% chance of rain. An hour following first pitch it’s 66 degrees partly cloudy with 0 % of rain at 10:00pm it’s 66 degrees with 0 % chance of rain when the game is supposed to end it’s 65 degrees partly cloudy with 0 % chance of rain.
According to Accuweather on ESPN App/
New York the team that wears the pinstripes finished 2026 regular season with record of 93-68 because they split the doubleheader with Baltimore winning the night game 6-3 on Friday September 25, 2026 in Bronx New York following losing 10-3 in the first game ahead of Nor Easter.
As New York the team that wears the pinstripes won finale 6-3 Ryan McMahon who is third baseman doubled to center scoring Austin Wells who is catcher putting New York the team that wears the pinstripes ahead of Baltimore 1-0 in the bottom of 5th inning before Spencer Jones who is center fielder who is taking the place of Trent Grisham singled scoring Heliot Ramos who is right fielder who is taking the place of captain, right fielder Aaron Judge who is back on the injured list with right soleus calf strain following coming off it following recovering rehabbing from stress fracture in right ribs extending New York the team that wears the pinstripes lead 2-0 in bottom of 6th inning before New York the team that wears the pinstripes would extend their lead yet again this time 4-0 before Baltimore finally got on scoreboard in top of 7th inning Leody Taveras who is centerfielder would hit sacrifice fly scoring Pete Alonso who is first baseman making it 4-1 New York the team that wears the pinstripes in top of 7th inning before New York the team that wears the pinstripes would counter in bottom of 7th inning as Heliot Ramos would single to center scoring Ryan McMahon advancing Ben Rice who was designated hitter extending New York the team that wears the pinstripes lead 5-1 before Luis Garcia Jr. who is first baseman singled to center scoring Ben Rice, Heliot Ramos.
Offensively supporting who?
Ryan Yarbrough who started who pitched 2.1 innings surrendering 4 hits, 0 earned runs 1 walk while striking out 5 Baltimore batters. Will Warren who came on in relief of Ryan Yarbrough who pitched 3.2 innings surrendering 3 hits, 0 earned runs , 0 walks while striking out 7 Baltimore batters . Brent Headrick who came on in relief of Will Warren who pitched 1.0 innings surrendering 0 hits, 0 earned runs 0 walks while striking out 1 Baltimore batter. John Schreiber who came on in relief of Brent Headrick who pitched 1.0 innings surrendering 0 hits, 0 earned runs , 0 walks while striking out 1 Baltimore batter Alexander Cornielle who came on in relief of John Schreiber.
According to ESPN App
Following winning finale of doubleheader over Baltimore following Will Warren coming on in relief of Ryan Yarbrough manager Aaron Boone shared his thoughts about Will Warren who who came on in relief of Ryan Yarbrough who pitched 3.2 innings surrendering 3 hits, 0 earned runs , 0 walks while striking out 7 Baltimore batters by saying The biggest thing is just trying to stay as sharp as you can,”knowing you’re going into an off-day [Saturday] and knowing the biggest days of the season are coming.”
According to Bryan Hoch MLB article https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/will-warren-helps-yankees-beat-orioles-in-doubleheader-
Before the finale of three game series between New York the team that wears the pinstripes Sunday was canceled because of Noreaster!
Boston comes into the three game Wild Card Series with record of 87-75 because they won two out of three games against Chicago (Cubs) including finale of doubleheader 2-0 because Wilyer Abreu who was designated hitter who was right fielder doubled to center scoring Jahmai Jones who is former New York the team that wears the pinstripes infielder was left fielder who is designated hitter, Isaiah Kiner -Falefa who is former New York the team that wears the pinstripes infiielder.
Offensively supporting who?
Brayan Bello who started who pitched 4.0 innings surrendering 4 hits, 0 earned runs, 1 walk while striking out 2 Chicago (Cubs) batters . Jedixon Paez who came on in relief Brayan Bello who pitched 5.0 innings surrendering 3 hits, 0 earned runs, 0 walks.
To who?
Pete -Crow Armstrong who is center fielder who was 0-4 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in. Seixa Suzuki who is right fielder who was 2-3 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in. Michael Busch who is first baseman who was 2-4 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in. Michael Conforto who is designated hitter who was 0-4 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in. Ian Happ who is left fielder who was 0-4 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in. Nico Hoerener who is shortstop who was 2-4 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in. Pedro Ramirez who is second baseman who was 0-3 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in. Carson Kelly who is catcher who was 0-3 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in. Matt Shaw who is right fielder who was third baseman who is right fielder who was 1-3 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in while walking 0 batters striking out 0 Chicago (Cubs) batters.
Following Boston’s 2-0 win over Chicago (Cubs) on Friday September 25, 2026 in game two of doubleheader Boston Caleb Durbin who is third baseman shared his thoughts by saying Hopefully, we’re popping more bottles in here,’’Obviously, we’ve got to focus on the first round [against the Yankees]. It is funny being back here after just being here. Hopefully, it’s smooth travels to New York, and then ideally, we’re back here again.’’
Following Boston’s 2-0 win over Chicago (Cubs) on Friday September 25, 2026 in game two of doubleheader Boston manager Chad Tracy shared his thoughts by saying We played the game; now we’ll get on a plane to New York [for the American League Wild Card Series against the Yankees], and hopefully we’ll be back here for a third straight weekend [at the Trop],
According to Joey Johnston MLB article https://www.mlb.com/redsox/news/red-sox-lose-regular-season-finale-to-cubs-at-tropicana-field
First pitch is set for 8:08pm Eastern Time from Yankee Stadium!
The game is going to be televised on NBC with Jason Benetti, Joe Girardi, Lou Merloni , Anthony Rizzo, Carloline Pineda commentating on NBC!
Jason Benetti, a critically acclaimed Major League Baseball voice since 2011, joined NBC Sports on a full-time basis in March 2026, handling play-by-play for the Sunday Night Baseball primetime package on NBC and Peacock. Beginning with the 2026-27 NBA season, he will call select NBA games across NBC Sports.
Previously with NBC Sports, Benetti served as the voice of MLB Sunday Leadoff on Peacock in 2022 and was the play-by-play announcer for NBC Sports coverage of baseball at the Tokyo Olympics in the summer of 2021.
In the spring of 2026, Benetti began his third season as the TV voice of the Detroit Tigers, following eight years calling Chicago White Sox games on NBC Sports Chicago (2016-2023).
On the national stage, Benetti most recently worked at Fox Sports (since 2022), contributing to the network’s live coverage of MLB, NFL, college football, and college basketball. Previously at ESPN (2011-22), he called MLB games on ESPN and ESPN Radio, including Statcast AI coverage of the MLB Wild Card and Home Run Derby. Benetti also handled college football and basketball play-by-play at ESPN, broadcast select games for the Chicago Bulls and Portland Trail Blazers, and frequently calls the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament for Westwood One Radio.
From 2010 to 2014, Benetti served as the lead play-by-play commentator for the Syracuse Chiefs, (the Washington Nationals Triple-A affiliate), after joining the team’s broadcast team in 2009.
Benetti graduated from Syracuse University in 2005 with bachelor’s degrees in broadcast journalism, economics, and psychology, and earned his J.D. from Wake Forest School of Law in 2011. As an undergraduate at Syracuse, he called Syracuse Orange football, basketball and lacrosse for WAER-FM.
Benetti has returned to his alma mater as an adjunct professor of sports broadcasting at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.
Benetti also serves as an Ambassador for the New York City-based Cerebral Palsy Foundation. Through CPF, he’s developed a series of public service announcement cartoons entitled “Awkward Moments”, which illuminate the daily interactions of a person with cerebral palsy.
Former New York Yankees catcher Joe Girardi, who helped lead the Yankees to three World Championships in the 1990s as a player and later guided the team to the 2009 World Championship as a manager, re-joined the YES Network as a Yankees analyst in advance of the 2024 season. He previously had been a Yankees analyst for YES in 2004 and 2007.
In addition to managing the Yankees from 2008 to 2017, Girardi managed the Philadelphia Phillies from the 2020 season until June of 2022, and he also held that role with the Florida Marlins in 2006, with whom Girardi earned the National League Manager of the Year Award. Girardi also was the Yankees’ bench coach under manager Joe Torre during the 2005 season.
From 2022-24, Girardi served as a Chicago Cubs analyst on the Marquee Sports Network. Previously, he was an analyst with the MLB Network in 2018 and 2019. In addition, he was an analyst during the 2003 National League Division Series for ESPN Radio and provided the 2007 World Series pre-game analysis for FOX Sports.
In addition to his analyst work during his previous stints at YES, he won a New York Emmy Award for his hosting efforts on the network’s Kids on Deck series and was the star of The Joe Girardi Show.
A Peoria, Ill. Native, Girardi graduated from Spalding (Ill.) Institute in 1982 after earning All-State honors in baseball. He then played at Northwestern University, where he was a two-time All-Big Ten selection and three-time Academic All-American. He received his bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from Northwestern in 1986.
He was drafted by the Cubs in the fifth round of the 1986 amateur draft. He broke into the majors in 1989 with the Cubs and later played three seasons for the Colorado Rockies (1993-1995). Girardi was acquired by the Yankees prior to the 1996 season and played key roles as New York won the World Series in 1996, 1998 and 1999.
One month after departing the Yankees as a free agent in November 1999, Girardi signed with the Cubs and played three additional seasons for Chicago, making the National League All-Star team in 2000.
He played one season for the St. Louis Cardinals in 2003 before signing with the Yankees as a free agent in February 2004. Girardi retired at the end of spring training, then joined YES.
Lou Merloni is color analyst for Boston on NESN!
Anthony Rizzo was first baseman played nine full seasons with the Chicago Cubs who are a member of the National League Central and part of a tenth season!
When?
2012-2021!
In his inaugural season in 2012 with the Chicago Cubs Anthony Rizzo played in 87 games, had 337 at bats, contributed 44 runs, 96 hits , 15 home runs 48 runs batted in and had a batting average of 285.
In his second season in 2013 with the Chicago Cubs Anthony Rizzo played in 160 games , had 606 at bats contributed 71 runs, 141 hits , 23 home runs, 80 runs batted in and had a batting average of 233.
In third season in 2014 with the Chicago Cubs Anthony Rizzo played in 140 games , had 524 at bats, contributed 89 runs , 150 hits, 32 home runs and had a batting average of 286.
In his fourth season with the Chicago Cubs in 2015 Anthony Rizzo played in 160 games, had 586 at bats , contributed 94 runs, 163 hits , 31 home runs , 101 runs batted in and a batting average of 278.
In his fifth season with the Chicago Cubs in in 2016 Anthony Rizzo played in 155 games, had 583 at bats , contributed 94 runs , 170 hits , 32 home runs, 109 runs batted in and had a batting average of 292.
In his sixth season with the Chicago Cubs in 2017 Anthony Rizzo played in 157 games, had 572 at bats , contributed 99 runs, 156 hits 32 home runs, 109 runs batted in and had a batting average of 273.
In his seventh season with the Chicago Cubs in 2018 Anthony Rizzo played in 153 games , had 566 at bats contributed 74 runs , 160 hits , 25 home runs, 101 runs batted in and was apart of the Chicago Cubs World Series team that snapped their 108 years with a World Series Championship as the Chicago Cubs topped Cleveland in game seven of the World Series by a score of 8-7.
In 2019 Anthony Rizzo played in 146 games , had 512 at bats , contributed 89 runs , 150 hits , 27 home runs, 94 runs batted in and had a batting average of 293.
In 2020 in the short 60 game season Anthony Rizzo played in 58 games, had 203 at bats , contributed 26 runs , 45 hits ,11 home runs , 24 runs batted in and had a batting average of 222.
This season Anthony Rizzo played in 92 games , had 323 at bats, contributed 41 runs , 80 hits , 14 home runs , 40 runs batted in and has a batting average of 248.
Anthony Rizzo wouldn’t stay with the Chicago Cubs!
Why?
Because he would get traded to New York at the July 30, 2021!
In New York for part of the 2021 season Anthony Rizzo has played in 49 games , 171 at bats produced 32 runs, 42 hits , 8 home runs , 21 runs batted in and a batting average of 246.
“according to https://www.mlb.com/player/anthony-rizzo-519203
In free agency Anthony Rizzo returned to New York on a 2 year 32 Million dollar contract.
Anthony Rizzo retired on September 10, 2025!
Caroline Pineda serves as the sideline reporter for Notre Dame Football as well as NBC Sports’ coverage of Big Ten Football, Major League Baseball, the WNBA, and college basketball.
Pineda joined NBC Sports in 2022 and was named the sideline reporter for Notre Dame Football ahead of the 2026 season, having previously worked numerous events in South Bend including the annual Blue-Gold Game and Pro Day. A 2022 graduate of Notre Dame, Pineda began working for NBC Sports as a student there, serving as Kathryn Tappen’s sideline assistant at Fighting Irish football games.
Since then, Pineda has expanded her work as a reporter for NBC Sports’ coverage of Big Ten Football, the WNBA, college basketball -- including the 2026 BIG EAST Men’s and Women’s Tournaments -- and Major League Baseball. She is also a four-time Emmy award-winning associate producer for her work on Sunday Night Football as well as the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Pineda was the 2022 recipient of the Jim Nantz Award, presented annually to the country’s most outstanding collegiate sports broadcaster. Before NBC Sports, she had written for the Associated Press, The Washington Post, and was a student broadcaster for Fighting Irish Media.
According to https://www.nbcsports.com/pressbox/bios/caroline-pineda