 The following year at Fenway Park , the Yankees beat the Red Sox , 22 – 1 , handing Boston its most lopsided home loss ever . The Yankees scored 16 total runs in the 8th and 9th innings . The Yankees lost 15 of their final 18 games that season and finished with a record of 87 – 74 , but the Red Sox failed to catch up and finished 2 @.@ 5 games out of first to lose another division title to the Yankees . Despite having the lowest winning percentage of any postseason qualifier in 2000 , the Yankees won their third consecutive World Series and 26th overall , in the first Subway Series since 1956 , over their cross @-@ town rivals , the New York Mets , in 5 games . 
