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Cerullo: Red Sox took next step, but can’t rest on their laurels in 2026

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Mac Cerullo @maccerullo.bsky.social · 2d

The Red Sox took a step forward this past season, but for all the progress they have made the club can't rest on its laurels heading into 2026.

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The Red Sox took a step forward this past season, but for all the progress they have made the club can’t rest on its laurels heading into 2026.

MLB notes: Red Sox enter pivotal offseason with long to-do list

Mac Cerullo @maccerullo.bsky.social · 5d

The Red Sox took a step forward in 2025, but as this past week made painfully clear, the club still has a ways to go before it can be considered a true championship contender.

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The Red Sox took a step forward in 2025, but as this past week made painfully clear, the club still has a ways to go before it can be considered a true championship contender.

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Mac Cerullo @maccerullo.bsky.social · 5d

The Red Sox will hold their end of the season press conference on Monday at 11 a.m. Sam Kennedy, Craig Breslow and Alex Cora are scheduled to speak.

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Mac Cerullo @maccerullo.bsky.social · 6d

Ceddanne Rafaela on the double that fell between him and Wilyer Abreu.

"I saw Willy didn't maybe have a chance so I gave my all to catch that ball. ... I just saw he wasn't going to get to it and I dove trying to catch it."

He and Abreu both said neither called for the ball.

Red Sox shut down by Walpole’s Cam Schlittler, Yankees win decisive Game 3

Mac Cerullo @maccerullo.bsky.social · 6d

Cam Schlittler on facing the his childhood team:

"I woke up and I was locked in. I knew exactly what I needed to do and go out there, especially against my hometown team. I wasn't going to let them beat me."

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Mac Cerullo @maccerullo.bsky.social · 6d

Alex Cora on Cam Schlittler: “We had to be perfect, because he was perfect.”

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Mac Cerullo @maccerullo.bsky.social · 6d

FINAL: Yankees 4, Red Sox 0

The Sox season is over thanks to a four-run fourth inning and a masterful performance by Yankees rookie Cam Schlittler.

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The Red Sox reached the end of the line Thursday, as Walpole’s Cam Schlittler struck out 12 over eight shutout innings to lead the Yankees to victory in the decisive Game 3.

Mac Cerullo @maccerullo.bsky.social · 6d

The Red Sox are down to their last three outs. They trail 4-0 with David Bednar coming on in the top of the ninth.

Mac Cerullo @maccerullo.bsky.social · 6d

That's just a ridiculous play by Ryan McMahon, who goes head over heels into the Red Sox dugout but hangs on to make the catch.

Mac Cerullo @maccerullo.bsky.social · 6d

Cam Schlittler is coming back out for the eighth.

Mac Cerullo @maccerullo.bsky.social · 6d

Cam Schlittler has been masterful tonight. Seven shutout innings with 11 strikeouts, five hits and no walks.

Yankees lead 4-0 in the seventh.

Mac Cerullo @maccerullo.bsky.social · 6d

The Red Sox are finally out of the fourth inning. Four runs score on four hits with a walk, an error and a hit batsman.

The Sox need to get their bats going or they'll be in big trouble.

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Mac Cerullo @maccerullo.bsky.social · 6d

Defensive interference was just called on Carlos Narvaez, but they just showed an umpire's view replay that clearly shows the bat didn't hit the glove.

Overturned on replay. The at bat continues.

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Mac Cerullo @maccerullo.bsky.social · 6d

Anthony Volpe singles. It's 2-0 and the bases are still loaded.

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Mac Cerullo @maccerullo.bsky.social · 6d

Now Jazz Chisholm singles to load the bases with one out. Huge moment for Connelly Early here.

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Mac Cerullo @maccerullo.bsky.social · 6d

The Yankees strike first. Amed Rosario drives in Cody Bellinger with an RBI single to give New York a 1-0 lead.

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Mac Cerullo @maccerullo.bsky.social · 6d

Masataka Yoshida is now 2 for 2. He has Boston's only hits today and is batting .800 for the series.

Mac Cerullo @maccerullo.bsky.social · 6d

Another scoreless frame by Connelly Early. He draws an Aaron Judge groundout to end the inning. Judge is 0 for 2 so far.

It's still scoreless heading to the fourth.

Mac Cerullo @maccerullo.bsky.social · 6d

Connelly Early bounces back from the Stanton double and sends down the next three batters he faces.

Mac Cerullo @maccerullo.bsky.social · 6d

Giancarlo Stanton nearly sends one out of here but it stays in play for a double.

Stanton didn't hustle out of the box and with a better throw to second might have been in danger of being thrown out.

Mac Cerullo @maccerullo.bsky.social · 6d

Connelly Early answers Cam Schlittler's scoreless first with a 1-2-3 frame of his own.

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Mac Cerullo @maccerullo.bsky.social · 6d

Cam Schlittler posts a 1-2-3 first inning, hitting 100 mph six times on 14 pitches.

Mac Cerullo @maccerullo.bsky.social · 6d

Cam Schlittler and Ben Rice both grew up in Massachusetts. They are on the field for the New York Yankees trying to end their hometown club's season.

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Mac Cerullo @maccerullo.bsky.social · 6d

The Yankees saved the big guns for Game 3. Here comes Bucky Dent to throw out the ceremonial first pitch.