Toi start the final regular season meeting between MLB's ancient rivals, the Yankees beat the Red Sox, 1-0, on Friday night in the Bronx.

On Thursday, as the Yankees got some potentially positive news on Aaron Judge, they also looked like a team that’s poised for a strong finish.

The New York Yankees have won 27 World Series titles, more than any other franchise in baseball, and they have had plenty of other teams capable of winning it all that ultimately came up short.

The Yankees got back one of their best bats on Sunday afternoon with the return of Cody Bellinger, but it was others in the lineup who delivered the biggest blows.

Ben Rice drives in three runs as six Yankees collect RBIs to back Max Fried's return from the IL in their 9-2 win over the Red Sox

Using small ball, big ball, 11 hits and a few productive outs, the Yankees put together a relative offensive explosion in an 8-3 victory over the Blue Jays that clinched the series in front of

Jim Bowden of The Athletic agrees, but is also predicting that Schlittler will win the AL Cy Young over Cease thanks to one very interesting reason: Cease's lack of consistent dominance compared to Schlittler.

How many scoring chances can two teams accumulate without actually driving in runs? The Yankees and Red Sox played a game hellbent on figuring that out. And in the end, one timely homer from Paul Goldschmidt was enough to supplement the effort from Cam Schlittler and the Yankees' bullpen to earn a shutout win, beating Boston one to nothing.