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New York Yankees to meet Boston Red Sox in playoffs for 7th time

Headline from WPRI Providence, from the development of Sep 25, 2026

Newest development Sep 28, 2026 · 2 reportsRed Sox and Yankees ready to make more playoff history

Baseball's postseason will start with one of its classic rivalries: Red Sox vs. Yankees.

WPRI Providence's own description from its feed. We collect headlines and these descriptions, not full articles; read the original reporting below.

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3 dated developments, oldest first, newest marked. Each is named by one outlet's own headline; open its reports to see every outlet that covered it.

  1. Names this update

    New York Yankees to meet Boston Red Sox in playoffs for 7th time

    Headline from WPRI Providence ·

  2. Every Time the Red Sox and Yankees Have Met In The Playoffs

    Headline from New Boston Post ·

  3. Newest

    Red Sox and Yankees ready to make more playoff history

    Headline from Portland Press Herald ·

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Reports & sources

10 articles, oldest first.

  1. New York Post

    Yankees playoff rematch with Red Sox finally set (opens New York Post)

    Published

    New York Post's feed description

    What long seemed likely is now official: The Yankees-Red Sox rivalry is returning to the AL wild-card series.

  2. Boston

    Red Sox to officially play Yankees in wild-card series for 2nd consecutive season (opens Boston)

    Published

    Boston's feed description

    New York eliminated Boston in three games in 2025.

  3. WPRI Providence

    New York Yankees to meet Boston Red Sox in playoffs for 7th time (opens WPRI Providence)

    Published

    WPRI Providence's feed description

    Baseball's postseason will start with one of its classic rivalries: Red Sox vs. Yankees.

  4. amNewYork

    Yankees-Red Sox Wild Card preview: Big questions looming for both NY, Boston (opens amNewYork)

    Published

    amNewYork's feed description

    Another October begins with baseball’s greatest rivalry clashing in the Bronx, as the Yankees host the Boston Red Sox for a second straight year in the best-of-three American League Wild Card Series, beginning on Tuesday night.

  5. New Boston Post

    Every Time the Red Sox and Yankees Have Met In The Playoffs (opens New Boston Post)

    Published

    New Boston Post's feed description

    The Red Sox and Yankees will meet again in the 2026 MLB playoffs. Here is a look at every previous postseason matchup between the rivals.

  6. NBC New York

    Rivalry renewed: Looking back at the postseason history of Red Sox vs. Yankees (opens NBC New York)

    Published

    NBC New York's feed description

    The Red Sox and Yankees will renew their rivalry in the 2026 AL Wild Card Series.

  7. Philadelphia Inquirer

    Yankees and Red Sox, who produce some of baseball's most memorable melodrama, meet in playoffs again (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

    Published

    Philadelphia Inquirer's feed description

    The Yankees and Red Sox are set to square off in a Wild Card Series, marking their seventh postseason meeting

  8. Portland Press Herald

    Red Sox and Yankees ready to make more playoff history (opens Portland Press Herald)

    Published

    Portland Press Herald's feed description

    Boston and New York have plenty of playoff history and will face off again in the wild-card series.

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