Yankees send Red Sox home again, move on to face Rays in ALDS - ESPN

NEW YORK — In the aftermath of the Yankees' 9-2 win over the Boston Red Sox in Game 2 of their American League Wild Card Series on Wednesday, a victory that eliminated their rivals from the postseason in the first round for the second straight year, the organization's player development department had a request before the alcohol-fueled celebration got out of hand: a photo of the team's homegrown contributors.

«Just because it's pretty cool how many guys we got up here producing for us,» Yankees designated hitter Ben Rice said. «It was super cool.»

Those homegrown contributors — Rice, Cam Schlittler, George Lombard Jr., Spencer Jones, Austin Wells, Anthony Volpe and Will Warren — helped deliver a thorough two-game beatdown. Along with a 9-0 win in Game 1, the Yankees outscored the Red Sox 18-2 in the two games at Yankee Stadium. They shut down a Boston offense that limped into the postseason and blitzed a Boston relief corps that had been the backbone for the team's unprecedented midseason turnaround.

Their prize is a date with the Tampa Bay Rays, the AL East champions, in the division series. The clash between the two best teams in the AL begins with Game 1 at Tropicana Field in Florida on Saturday.

«All year, but even going into this series, that was a scary team to us, especially as well as they pitch,» Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. «So for us to have the offensive outbreaks that we had here these last two nights and late, credit to those guys. That was very satisfying to play that well in these two games.»

Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton, two main characters in the postseason for the Yankees over the past decade, did not participate in the thrashing. Judge was not on the roster as he continues to recover from a