The Red Sox have started their key, final road trip of 2025 with four wins in five games while other teams, like Houston and Detroit, have continued to falter. With that backdrop, Boston might be able to eliminate all of the drama from the final weekend of the year by clinching a postseason spot Thursday.

With Boston beating Toronto, 7-1 , and the Athletics besting the Astros, 6-0, later in the night, the Red Sox’ magic number to clinch a playoff berth is 1. The schedule is set up so that the Red Sox might have already punched their ticket for October before taking the field Thursday night at Rogers Centre.

Boston will clinch a postseason berth with either an Astros loss to the A’s (that game starts at 3:35 p.m. ET in West Sacramento) or a win over the Blue Jays at 7:07 p.m. ET when

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