Given that interleague play has been around since 1997 and that the Yankees have been a part of 41 World Series, this isn't exactly a small sample of games. In all, it's just the

In their first meeting since a 2024 World Series that ended with the Dodgers raising a trophy and the Yankees swallowing instant infamy, both teams followed a similar script in an 8-5 Dodgers win. First came the Yankees runs, then the Dodgers comeback, aided and abetted by New York's miscues.