00:00Yankees' Ryan McMahon somersaults into dugout for epic catch.
00:04Thursday night in the Bronx gave us one of those moments,
00:07the kind of playoff magic that turns good players into Yankees legends and rivalries into folklore.
00:13What Ryan McMahon did in Game 3 against the Red Sox wasn't just a highlight.
00:18It was an instant classic.
00:20Up 4-0 in the top of the 8th, the Yankees were hanging onto their season like a lifeline.
00:26Jaron Duran lofted a high floater into the no-man's land behind third base.
00:30Ryan McMahon had other ideas.
00:32He sprinted 75 feet, eyes never leaving the ball.
00:37Airborne, he launched like a heat-seeking missile, snagged the ball mid-dive,
00:41and flew headfirst over the dugout railing into the Red Sox bench.
00:44It looked like trouble.
00:46It was a full somersault, Boston players diving out of the way.
00:50It was like a scene out of a baseball action movie.
00:54When McMahon popped back up, ball still in glove, Yankee Stadium exploded.
01:00Twitter lit up.
01:01Fans called it the Jeter Flip 2.0.
01:04It wasn't just a catch.
01:05It was a statement.
01:07While McMahon played stuntman, rookie pitcher Cam Schlittler put on a masterclass.
01:12He is 24, grew up a Red Sox fan in Massachusetts, and made his MLB debut in July.
01:17In October, he shut down his childhood team with eight scoreless innings, 12 strikeouts, and not a single walk.
01:25He lit up the gun with 11 pitches over 100 miles per hour, topping at 100.8.
01:30That's not just power.
01:32That's poetry in motion.
01:34Schlittler broke the Yankees' record for strikeouts in a postseason debut.
01:38Not bad for a guy whose big league career started three months ago.
01:43Closer David Bednar shut the door in the ninth, stranding the Red Sox at second base and sealing the 4-0 win.
01:49New York moves on to the ALDS to face the Blue Jays, making history as the first team ever to lose the opener, and still advance under the expanded playoff format.
01:58Just like that, the Red Sox were sent packing.
02:02Game 3 had it all.
02:03Playoff pressure, jaw-dropping defense, rookie domination, and a historic win.
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