Brayan Bello was pulled in the third, with Alex Cora opting to go to the lefties in the bullpen. Garrett Whitlock gave up the go-ahead run in the bottom of the eighth.

Mason Miller was brilliant in 1 2/3 relief innings for San Diego, notching five straight strikeouts and the fastest postseason pitch in pitch-tracking history. Robert Suarez finished off the game with a four-out save, giving up just one hit on 18 pitches.

If recent history holds, the Red Sox find themselves in a prime spot entering Tuesday’s Game 2 of the Wild Card Series in the Bronx. Teams who win Game 1 of a Wild Card Series have won all 12 of them since 2022.

Masataka Yoshida's seventh-inning single drove in two Red Sox runs, and Alex Bregman added one more in the top of the ninth.

The Guardians spent most of September chasing down the Tigers and beat them on the final day of the regular season for the biggest comeback in the standings in MLB history. Fate conspired to pit the two teams against each other in the wild-card series, which naturally went to a winner-take-all Game 3.

The Boston Red Sox clinched an American League wild-card playoff berth with a thrilling 4-3 walk-off win over the Detroit Tigers at Fenway Park.

Wilyer Abreu churned out another 3 bWAR season in Boston. He might on the trading block. He might win another Gold Glove. He gets big hits. The Good Gold Glove defense. Abreu won the AL right field Gold Glove in 2024 and is a finalist for 2025.

The Red Sox' only loss in the 2018 World Series was one of the best games in recent memory, and we saw something similar Monday night.