Yankees vs. Red Sox: 3 things to watch in Game 2 of 2026 Wild Card Series

The opener gave us a 9-0 rout , another Cam Schlittler gem and 6 RBI by Ben Rice , who smashed two home runs . What's Game 2 got in store?

Here's a look at three things to watch as Max Fried opposes former Yankee Sonny Gray at 8 p.m. at Yankee Stadium:

Gray, a 36-year-old righty, has a complicated history with the Yankees . He's had a very good career but did not pitch well in 2017-18 in the Bronx after a ballyhooed trade from Oakland. There's still some leftover Gray-said, Yanks-said wreckage from when he pitched here, and he noted before this season that he was happy to be in Boston , a place where it's "easy to hate the Yankees."