← Full bracket2026 AL Wild Card Series · best of 3
No. 4 seed New York Yankees
1
No. 5 seed Boston Red Sox
0
Yankees lead 1-0 First to 2 wins Game 2: Elimination game

Games

Every scheduled game, with the series standing after each one.

Game 1 Tue, Sep 29Final Red Sox 0 at Yankees 9 Yankee Stadium Yankees lead 1-0
Game 2 Wed, Sep 30Live · In Progress Red Sox 0 at Yankees 1 Yankee Stadium Matchup →
Game 3 Thu, Oct 15:00 PM PT Red Sox at Yankees Ranger Suarez vs. Gerrit Cole · Yankee Stadium If necessary Matchup →

The regular season

How each club finished. Records, not ratings.

YankeesRed Sox
Regular season93-6887-75
Division2nd in AL East, 4.5 GB3rd in AL East, 11 GB
At home46-3441-40
On the road47-3446-35
Last 105-55-5

The Yankees won the regular-season series 7-6.

How they got here

Yankees
  • AL Wild Card at 93-68 · No. 4 seed
Red Sox
  • AL Wild Card at 87-75 · No. 5 seed

The winner plays in the AL Division Series, against the Rays. →

The series standing is counted from final scores. Seeds and regular-season records are MLB's own. Description, not prediction. Bracket as of Sep 30, 6:44 PM PT.