"Not today," Varsho said.
Toronto's Daulton Varsho hit a grand-slam home run into deep right center in the sixth inning last night, ending a scoreless tie, and the Blue Jays went on to beat the Red Sox, 6-1. The loss denied Boston the chance to celebrate a playoff berth up in Toronto, but that only means we'll celebrate in Fenway instead - or slink into the back alleys of Kenmore Square for the post-season if we don't make it.
Also, just for the record, the loss eliminated the Sox from potentially winning the AL East. We're now four games back from first place with three games remaining, but few credibly believed we'd win the division anyway.
Bello takes the loss for loading up the bases in the sixth, although reliever Justin Wilson gave up the grand salami. Trevor Story scored the sole Boston run. The Sox finish the road series in Toronto 2-1 and are still one win - or one Houston loss - away from a Wild Card berth.
The Astros didn't give us that gift last night - they beat the A's, 11-5, to avoid a sweep. They move on to L.A. where they will finish the season against the hapless Angels (71-87).
We finish the season at home against slumping Detroit. The Tigers are 86-73, but 2-8 in their last ten games. This will be a tough, competitive series. We're fighting to make the playoffs for the first time since 2021. The Tigers are trying to make it back to the playoffs after losing the ALDS last year but, more importantly, are trying to salvage a season that saw the worst collapse in modern MLB history.
On July 8, Detroit had a 14-game lead in the AL Central and were in first place for 184 days. They led the division by 9½ entering the month of September. But the losses started coming just as Cleveland went on a winning streak and now they enter this series tied with the Guardians in the Central Division and are only a single game ahead of Houston in the race for the third and final Wild Card spot. Depending on this series, they could finish the season in first place, with a Wild Card spot, or out of the playoffs entirely.
Tonight, Kyle Harrison (1-1, 3.58) makes his third start for the Red Sox. The Tigers will start Casey Mize (14-6, 3,91), who hasn't faced the Sox yet this season, but is 0-1 in four career starts against Boston.
The game starts at 7:00.
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