WATCH: How Yankees’ J.A. Happ could shut Red Sox down in ALDS Game 1

Yankees manager Aaron Boone explains what starting pitcher J.A. Happ must do to beat the Red Sox in Game 1 of the ALDS on Friday at Fenway Park.

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BOSTON — Watch Yankees manager Aaron Boone explain what starting pitcher J.A. Happ must do to shut down the Red Sox in Game 1 of the AL Division Series at Fenway Park on Friday.

This season, Happ is 1-1 with a 1.99 ERA in four starts vs. the Red Sox. Last season, he went 2-0 with a 1.90 ERA in four starts against them.

PREDICTION: Yankees beat Red Sox

Here are Yankees notes to know going into the ALDS

• The Yankees defeated the Athletics in the AL Wild Card Game, 7-2…advance to the ALDS vs. Boston, with Game 1 at Fenway Park set for Friday at 7:32 p.m. (ET), the fourth postseason series all-time between the rivals (1999 ALCS, 2003 ALCS, 2004 ALCS)…have won a postseason series in consecutive years for the first time since 2009-10…are 8-5 in 13 postseason series since 2009…are now 231-161-1 (.589) all-time in the postseason.
  
• Improve to 2-1 in Wild Card Games, joining San Francisco (2-0 in 2014 and ’16) as the only clubs to win multiple Wild Card Games…are the only team to win Wild Card Games in consecutive years…improve to 15-13 all-time in “winner-takes-all” postseason games, including 4-2 since 2012.
• Are 7-0 at Yankee Stadium in the last two postseasons…marks the fourth time in franchise history that they have won at least seven consecutive home postseason games (10 straight over 1998-2000, eight straight over 1927-36, seven straight over 1937-41)…are 19-9 in 28 postseason games at the current Yankee Stadium.
• Have won all four postseason series vs. Oakland, going 10-4 in 14 postseason games (1-0 in 2018 ALWCG, 3-2 in the 2001 ALDS, 3-2 in the 2000 ALDS, and 3-0 in the 1981 ALCS).
• RF Aaron Judge (2-for-3, 2R, 1 double, 1HR, 2RBI, 1BB) hit a two-run HR in the first…was his fifth postseason HR, most among current Yankees…with an exit velocity of 116.1 mph, was briefly the hardest-hit postseason HR of the Statcast era (since 2015), until Stanton’s HR surpassed it…is the first player to homer in multiple Wild Card Games (also 2017 ALWCG vs. Minnesota)…is tied with Russell Martin and Brandon Moss (2HR each) for the most HRs in Wild Card Games…hit just 1HR in his final 17 regular season games (since 7/23)…hit a double in the sixth.

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