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Red Sox, Yankees To Play In First Round: ALDS 2018
The season started with a brawl between the two heated rivals. It will end for one of them in the first round of the playoffs.
BOSTON, MA — The rivalry is renewed, for real. A season that started with a bench-clearing brawl between the two all-time rivals will end for one in the first round of the playoffs.
Boston will take on New York in American League Divisional Series, which is set to start Friday night at Fenway Park. See the full schedule here. It's the first time the Red Sox and Yankees have faced each other since the Sox' historic comeback in the 2004 ALCS.
The Yankees made first round by beating the Oakland Athletics, 6-2, Wednesday night in the Bronx in the AL Wild Card Game. The fans were chanting "We want Boston."
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New York had to play in the one-game playoff because they finished second to Boston in the American League East despite a 100-win season. The Red Sox won the division with a franchise-record 108 wins.
Boston bested New York, 10-9, in the season series, by winning the last game of the regular season.
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(Photo of April brawl by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
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