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Sunday’s game between the Boston Red Sox<\/a> and New York Yankees<\/a> had major postseason implications. The winner of Sunday’s game would win the season series 7-6 and secure the tiebreaker for home-field advantage in the wild-card round.<\/p>\n It was ultimately the Yankees that cruised to a 16-1 win that was fueled by a history-making performance from catcher Austin Wells in the eighth inning.<\/p>\n Wells put the game on ice with a two-run home run that extended the Yankees’ lead to 9-1, but he wasn’t done there. Later in the inning, with a position player on the mound, Wells launched his second home run of the inning, another two-run home run that extended the lead to 16-1 in favor of New York.<\/p>\n Wells joined Kyle Schwarber and Yordan Alvarez as the only players in the majors to accomplish the feat this season, and he became the first Yankees player to do so since Gleyber Torres in 2022.<\/p>\n While the two home runs in one inning are impressive, Wells made MLB history in the process of doing so.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\nAustin Wells homered twice in the eighth inning<\/h2>\n