Wild Card Series Game 2 winners and losers: Yankees, White Sox advance; Alec Bohm saves the day

I AM NOT EVEN EXAGGERATING RIGHT NOW THE YANKEES AND THE WHITE SOX ARE BOTH ADVANCING TO THE NEXT ROUND WHILE ALEC BOHM SAVED THE PHILLIES FROM ELIMINATION, AND THE THING IS IT ALL STARTED BECAUSE THE YANKEES JUST COMPLETELY SWEPT THE RED SOX BY OUTSCORING THEM EIGHTEEN TO TWO OVER TWO GAMES, AND AARON BOONE WAS OUT HERE PULLING OFF A MANAGERIAL MASTERCLASS LOADING RIGHTIES IN GAME ONE AND THEN SWAPPING IN LEFTIES AGAINST SONNY GRAY IN GAME TWO, WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE THE RED SOX DOWN TWO TO ONE IN THE SIXTH BROUGHT IN ACE GARRETT CROCHET WHO HAD NOT PITCHED IN GAME ACTION SINCE APRIL TWENTY-FIFTH WITHOUT EVEN A MINOR LEAGUE REHAB ASSIGNMENT, AND HE GAVE UP FOUR EARNED RUNS WITHOUT GETTING AN OFFICIAL OUT SO THE RED SOX GOT OUTHIT TWENTY-SIX TO SEVEN! OK BUT ARE YOU SEEING WHAT I AM SEEING?

LOOK I KNOW I SAY THIS A LOT BUT EVERYBODY THINKS AARON BOONE JUST GOT LUCKY WHEN IN REALITY HE PUT ON AN ABSOLUTE MANAGERIAL MASTERCLASS OUT THERE, HE PLAYED PERFECT SITUATIONAL BASEBALL WITH BUNTS AND STACKED THE LINEUP WITH RIGHTIES IN GAME ONE AND THEN SWAPPED TO LEFTIES AGAINST SONNY GRAY IN GAME TWO, AND HE PULLED CAM SCHLITTLER AND MAX FRIED AT THE EXACT RIGHT MOMENTS, WHILE BOSTON TRIED TO BRING IN THEIR ACE GARRETT CROCHET IN RELIEF DOWN TWO TO ONE EVEN THOUGH THE GUY HAS NOT PITCHED IN ACTUAL GAME ACTION SINCE APRIL TWENTY-FIFTH WITH ZERO REHAB ASSIGNMENTS, AND HE CHARGED FOUR EARNED RUNS WITHOUT RECORDING A SINGLE OFFICIAL OUT, SO THE YANKEES CRUSHED THEM EIGHTEEN TO TWO AND THE WHITE SOX WON THEIR FIRST SERIES SINCE 2005! OK WAIT IS THIS OUR SONG?

In Game 2 of the MLB Wild Card Series, the Yankees swept the Red Sox to advance alongside the White Sox, while the Phillies avoided elimination.

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