The bloodiest of blood rivals revive their hostilities starting Friday for their final series of the 2025 regular season. We speak, of course, of the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox. Aside from the usual intrigue accompanying Sox-Yanks clashes, this particularly carries with it a host of playoff implications.

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The New York Yankees have clinched a winning record for the 33rd straight year. Aaron Judge helped guarantee the Yankees would finish the 2025 season over .500 with two hits and a home run in a 4-1 Friday night win over the Boston Red Sox.

On Thursday, Aaron Judge tied one of the New York Yankees' greatest legends for the fourth-most home runs in franchise history.

But before then, if nothing else, the Yankees proved they can, in fact, win a game at Fenway Park — a big one at that. Backed by Luis Gil throwing six no-hit innings and Aaron Judge passing Joe DiMaggio on the club’s all-time home run list,