All you need to know about Yankees v Red Sox on BBC

Major League Baseball returns to nan BBC connected Sunday arsenic nan New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox renew 1 of nan oldest, fiercest and astir iconic rivalries successful sport.

Their latest gathering could besides person large implications for their post-season prospects arsenic nan play-off title hots up.

The lucifer astatine Yankee Stadium is nan first of 5 unrecorded MLB broadcasts connected BBC Sport complete nan adjacent 3 weeks, covering nan extremity of nan regular play and nan commencement of nan play-offs.

You tin watch each Sunday's action unfold connected nan iPlayer, positive nan BBC Sport website and app, from 18:30 BST, pinch sum opening connected nan Red Button astatine 19:30.

Just 215 miles apart, New York and Boston are location to 2 of nan astir successful sides successful Major League Baseball.

The Yankees person won nan sport's apical prize - nan World Series - much times than immoderate different franchise (27), while nan Red Sox are nan 3rd astir dressed up squad pinch 9 championships.

The 2 teams first played 1 different successful 1903 but nan rivalry gained superior traction erstwhile baseball's greatest-ever player, Babe Ruth, was controversially sold to nan Yankees by nan Red Sox successful 1919.

The Red Sox, who had won 3 World Series titles pinch Ruth successful nan side, had to past watch nan New York broadside predominate nan athletics for astir of nan 20th century.

The era popularised nan 'Curse of nan Bambino' - a reference to Ruth’s nickname and a superstition Red Sox fans would transportation until they yet won nan World Series again successful 2004, ending an 86-year wait.

Their astir caller title was 2018, while nan Yankees person not won 1 since 2009.

The Yankees beryllium apical of nan American League standings pinch an 86-62 grounds aft Friday's 5-4 triumph complete nan Red Sox.

Aaron Judge secured nan triumph pinch his 52nd location tally of nan season. That is nan astir successful Major League Baseball, pinch team-mate Juan Soto (39) fourth.

Judge is favourite to beryllium named nan AL's Most Valuable Player for a 2nd clip having besides won successful 2022 - erstwhile he set a caller AL record for astir location runs successful a play (62).

Tyler O'Neill (30) and Rafael Devers (28) person deed nan astir homers for nan Red Sox, who are 74-74 and battling to gain a play-off spot.

The Yankees and Red Sox some play successful nan AL East division, and pinch nan Yankees hoping to clasp disconnected nan Baltimore Orioles for a guaranteed spot successful nan post-season, nan Red Sox purpose to gain 1 of nan 3 wildcard spots.

The play-offs are group to statesman connected 1 October, pinch 3 rounds played to determine who meets successful nan World Series (scheduled to commencement connected 25 October).

Sunday's crippled will beryllium nan past successful a four-match bid which began connected Thursday, pinch nan Yankees winning nan first 2 meetings - 2-1 and 5-4.

Going successful to Saturday's match-up, nan aged rivals person met 2,312 times - nan Yankees winning 1,258 and nan Red Sox 1,040, pinch 14 ties.

Their rivalry includes 2 high-scoring games successful London successful 2019, both won by nan Yankees.

From their 11 meetings truthful acold this season, nan Yankees person a 6-5 grounds having won nan past four.

Sunday's crippled astatine Yankee Stadium will beryllium shown unrecorded connected nan BBC from 18:30 to 22:30 BST.

You tin watch it connected BBC iPlayer, positive nan BBC Sport website and app, pinch sum opening connected nan Red Button from 19:30.

It is nan first of 5 unrecorded MLB broadcasts connected BBC Sport complete nan adjacent 3 weeks, covering nan extremity of nan regular play and nan commencement of nan play-offs.

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