How to watch Yankees vs. Red Sox Wild Card Game 1 for free

One of the MLB’s most storied rivalries will be renewed over the nexy few days as the Boston Red Sox head to the Bronx to take on the New York Yankees in the AL Wild Card series.

Ahead of tonight’s game, the Yankees’ lineup revealed two of the team’s best bats will start the game on the bench. Rather than starting Ben Rice and Jazz Chisholm Jr., the lineup is stacked with right-handed batters to face left-handed pitcher Garrett Crochet.

The Red Sox won the season series against the Yankees this year, with nine wins to the Yankees’ four in 13 total games. However, the Yankees finished the regular season with a better record than the Red Sox, earning home field advantage in the Wild Card series.

The last time these teams met in the playoffs was in the 2021 ALWC.

Whichever team wins the best-of-three series will advance to the ALDS against the Toronto Blue Jays.

Here’s how to tune in to the AL Wild Card series without cable.

Yankees vs. Red Sox time:

Yankees vs. Red Sox Wild Card Game 1 is scheduled to begin at 6:08 p.m. ET tonight, Sept. 30.

How to watch Yankees vs. Red Sox for free:

If you don’t have cable, you’ll need a live TV streaming service to stream the Yankees Wild Card series for free. One option we love is DIRECTV, which comes with a five-day free trial and starts at $59.99/month for genre packs, with plenty of subscription options and genre packs that include ESPN.

If you aren’t ready to commit to a full-on subscription, you can try a Sling Orange Day Pass. Priced at $4.99, you’ll get 24 hours of access to all Sling TV Orange has to offer, including ESPN. A week pass, which would cover the full Wild Card, is $14.99.

Yankees vs. Red Sox schedule:

All times below are listed in ET.

• Game 1: Sept. 30, 6:08 p.m. (ESPN)
• Game 2: Oct. 1, 6:08 p.m. (ESPN)
• Game 3: Oct. 2, 6:08 p.m. (ESPN)*

*if necessary

Yankees vs. Red Sox starting pitchers

It’ll be a battle between Aces as Garrett Crochet is on the mound for the Red Sox and Max Fried starts for the Yankees.

This season, Crochet led the MLB in strikeouts with 255. In four games started against the Yankees this year, he is 3-0 with a 3.29 ERA.

Fried notched 15 wins this season, matching the most by a Yankee in the last 15 years. Fried started three games against the Red Sox this season, with a 1-1 record.

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