 The competitiveness of the teams continued the following year . Co @-@ captains Ron Guidry and Willie Randolph had led the Yankees to first place two weeks after the All @-@ Star break started . On July 28 , the Yankees fell out of first place , and the Red Sox won their second division title in three years . Boston went on to face the Oakland Athletics in the 1988 American League Championship Series , but would end up getting swept . 
