The Red Sox are on the cusp of playing October baseball for the first time since 2021.

Boston secured another win over the Blue Jays on Wednesday, with eight shutout innings for Garrett Crochet pacing Boston en route to a 7-1 victory at Rogers Centre.

As a result of Boston’s win — the fourth in the team’s last five games — the Red Sox could clinch a playoff berth as soon as Thursday afternoon, depending on how both Alex Cora’s team and the Houston Astros fare in their respective series.

Boston’s magic number to clinch a postseason berth is now just one — with either a Red Sox win against Toronto or an Astros loss to the A’s on Thursday securing a playoff spot for Boston.

Boston lowered its magic number to two with Wednesday’s win in Toronto, while Houston’s loss to the Athletics later

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