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.

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.

Everything the Boston Red Sox didn't want to happen on Thursday came to fruition. Most importantly, the Red Sox couldn't lock down a playoff spot by sweeping t

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.

Brayan Bello will take the mound Thursday as the Red Sox look to complete a three-game sweep of the Blue Jays and punch their ticket to the postseason.

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

The Red Sox handled their own business and received some help in their pursuit of the AL Wild Card as the Guardians beat the Tigers on Tuesday night.