By: Jen McCaffrey, Brendan Kuty, Chris Kirschner
NEW YORK — It was billed as an even bout. Many expected the latest chapter in the storied rivalry between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox to be a down-the-middle, too-close-to-call slugfest. Instead, the Yankees annihilated their forever rivals, a 9-2 victory in Game 2 on Wednesday sealing the best-of-three American League Wild Card Series. It followed the Yankees’ 9-0 beatdown the night before, and it set off what was sure to be a wild, champagne-soaked celebration inside their clubhouse. On Saturday, the fourth-seeded Yankees will take on the top-seeded Tampa Bay Rays in...