the last time yankees and red sox played in the playoffs was 2009.
the last time yankees and red sox played in the playoffs was 2009.
when was the last time yankees and red sox played in the playoffs?
2009
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following the all-star break the red sox played the yankees for the first time at fenway in 2013. like the previous two series in the bronx, boston could take 2 out of 3 games against new york. mike napoli secured the series win in the rubber match with a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 11th. with 1.5 games behind boston, tampa bay visited the fens for their third and final time. the rays took game one and shrunk the lead to just .5 games, the smallest margin since boston took over the lead in the al east on may 27. in game 2 the red sox put themselves back to a 1.5 game lead, including shane victorino's steal of home in a delayed double steal with dustin pedroia, who agreed to a seven-year contract extension through the 2021 season a day later. tampa bay threatened the al east lead again by taking game 3 but game 4 was rain delayed and later postponed to the scheduled off day on july 29, after boston's 3 game road trip to camden yards and rays' trip to the bronx. in game one against baltimore, the only team in the al east boston had a losing record against at that time, the red sox were shut out for the fourth time in july (with four shutouts in all of april, may and june combined) and lost the al east top spot for the first time since may 27. boston battled back and took game 2 with stephen drew going yard twice for the second time in his career in a single game. game 2 also saw the ejection of david ortiz in the top of the 7th, following an argument over balls and strikes with homeplate umpire tim timmons and the destruction of a dugout phone with his bat. in the rubber match, big papi homered for the 20th time that season, his 12th consecutive season with 20+ home runs and his 11th with boston, joining dwight evans and jim rice but still behind ted williams, who accomplished this feat in 16 seasons with the red sox. jon lester earned his 10th individual win, the first red sox pitcher to reach that mark in 2013, and boston were able to shut out the orioles and reclaimed the al east lead just to give it back the next day to the rays in the makeup match of the 4 game series in which the red sox fell victim to a controversial call at home plate. umpire jerry meals incorrectly ruled daniel nava out which would have tied the game in the 8th inning. the red sox wrapped up the month of july at home with back-to-back wins against the mariners, including a 15 inning game (the longest season game to date for the red sox). both games saw the first major league wins for brandon workman, in his third start, and drake britton respectively. on july 30, boston acquired starting pitcher jake peavy from the white sox in a three-way deal, sending infielder josé iglesias to the tigers and avisail garcía from detroit to chicago.
2013 boston red sox season