Daulton Varsho hit his fifth career grand slam, George Springer added a two-run homer and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Boston Red Sox 6-1 on Thursday night to maintain a tie for the AL East lead with the New York Yankees.

The Red Sox were all set up for a postgame party in the visitor’s clubhouse at Rogers Centre, followed by a celebratory flight home. And then the game happened, and all plans got postponed.

1) The Red Sox (87-72) had a chance to clinch a postseason berth with either a win or Astros loss Thursday, but neither scenario happened. Houston won 11-5 over Oakland. Boston will need to wait at least one more day before clinching a spot in October baseball.

The Boston Red Sox hope that home cooking is what they need as the ballclub aims to lock up a spot in the MLB playoffs on Friday night. Boston welcomes the Detroit Tigers to Fenway Park this weekend for the final three games of the regular season.

With Boston beating Toronto on Wednesday and Houston losing to the A's, the magic number for the Red Sox is just one entering Thursday.

Carlos Narváez hit a two-run double and the Boston Red Sox beat the AL-leading Toronto Blue Jays 4-1 on Tuesday night.

The Boston Red Sox might have made the move of the offseason by trading for Garrett Crochet and then signing him to a long-term extension. Boston picked up a crucial win against the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday that kept them firmly in a wild-card spot.

Unhappy MLB fans think the league is rigging it for the Yankees after game-changing calls in the Jays-Red Sox game.