Luis Garcia Jr. has first Yankees moment in wild-card series-clinching win vs. Red Sox

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Luis Garcia Jr. delivered a notable performance as the New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox to clinch their American League Wild Card Series. Garcia had been expected to play for the rebuilding Washington Nationals earlier in the season.

NEW YORK — If you would’ve told Luis Garcia Jr. before this season what he’d be doing on Sept. 30, he probably wouldn’t believe you. That’s because the 26-year-old was slated to bat in the middle of the order for the lowly Washington Nationals, who had virtually no aspirations of competing, with October as a good target month for a postseason vacation. Instead, Garcia delivered one of the ...