"Cam Schlittler mowed down the Red Sox in the Yankees' Wild Card Series-clinching victory. Now, the Yankees pitcher is looking to do the same to Red Sox fans. Schlittler, a native of Walpole who pitched at Northeastern, took time to troll Red Sox fans on social media hours after logging eight shutout innings with 12 strikeouts in the Yankees' Game 3 win on Thursday."
""I'm not gonna get into it, but there's a line and I think they crossed it a little bit," Schlittler told reporters. "I'm a competitor, and I'm gonna go out there and make sure I shut 'em down. "You know Boston fans, that's just how it is. We're aggressive back home and we're gonna try to get under people's skin. They just picked the wrong guy to do it to and the wrong team to do it to.""
"Of course, Schlittler had plenty of reason to be motivated for Thursday's elimination game. But he said he had some extra motivation to beat the Red Sox, saying that Game 3 was "personal for me" due to some trash talk. "I'm not gonna get into it, but there's a line and I think they crossed it a little bit," Schlittler told reporters."
Cam Schlittler mowed down the Red Sox with eight shutout innings and 12 strikeouts to clinch the Yankees' Wild Card Series victory. He taunted Red Sox fans on social media, posting "Drinking dat dirty water" and replying "Not this year" to a predicting fan. Schlittler described Game 3 as personal after trash talk, saying someone crossed a line and pledging to shut them down. Some Red Sox fans mocked his Boston roots and his claim of converting his family to Yankees fans. Schlittler became the first rookie since Livan Hernandez (1997) to record at least 10 playoff strikeouts.
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