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The Red Sox entered Wednesday needing a combination of three wins or Houston Astros losses to secure a playoff spot. A commanding 7-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays, in which Garrett Crochet twirled one of his best starts in the second half, shrunk that magic number to two.

TORONTO — Red Sox ace Garrett Crochet said he’s “not at all satisfied” after making his final regular season start Wednesday. “We still got a lot of games that we intend on playing, and I don’t intend on that being my last one,” Crochet said.

Garrett Crochet pitched eight shutout innings, Masataka Yoshida and Carlos Narváez homered, and the Boston Red Sox beat the slumping Toronto Blue Jays 7-1.

Red Sox ace Garrett Crochet could cross the 200-inning mark in a huge start on Wednesday, a key milestone in his first Boston season.

Red Sox ace Garrett Crochet (197 ⅓ innings) takes the mound Wednesday against the Blue Jays just 2 ⅔ innings short of reaching the 200-inning mark for the season.

The path to the postseason came into focus for the Red Sox the instant chief baseball officer Craig Breslow traded four prospects to the White Sox for Garrett Crochet at last December’s Winter Meetings in Dallas.

The Boston Red Sox went out and picked up Garrett Crochet for a game like this. Facing the rival New York Yankees in a race for the AL’s top wild-card spot, Crochet was given a big first-inning lead a

The Boston Red Sox are continuing their push for an AL Wild Card spot as they take on the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday night. Boston came away with the road w