 Both teams made the playoffs in 2009 . During the ALDS , the Yankees defeated the Minnesota Twins to face the Angels who had knocked out the Red Sox at Fenway after being one strike away from losing Game 3 , and rallying against Papelbon to take the division series in 3 games . The Yankees beat the Angels and went on defeat the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2009 World Series , 4 – 2 , to earn their 27th World Series title and their first championship in their first year in the new Yankee Stadium . Former Red Sox pitcher Pedro Martínez was the losing pitcher of record for the defending champions in the last game of the series . 
