With just two weeks remaining in the regular season, the American League wild card race is going down to the wire . Entering play on Monday, the league’s three wild card teams — the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox and Houston Astros — are all within 2.5 games of each other, with the Texas Rangers (two games out of a playoff spot) and Cleveland Guardians (2.5 games back) both hot on their heels.

While the Red Sox are without their best position player (Roman Anthony) due to injury, they still have their best pitcher in Garrett Crochet, who’s doing everything he can to get his team into the playoffs.

Crochet came up big again on Sunday, snapping Boston’s three-game losing streak and beating the Yankees on Sunday Night Baseball. The AL Cy Young candidate matched his season-high wit

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