TORONTO (AP) — 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 on Wednesday night.

Assured a playoff berth, the Blue Jays dropped into a tie with the New York Yankees atop the AL East at 90-68 with four games left. Toronto holds the head-to-head tiebreaker.

Trevor Story had three hits as Boston (87-71) won for the fourth time in five games and inched closer to securing an American League wild card.

Crochet (18-5) struck out six, walked none and allowed three hits to win his fifth straight decision.

Isiah Kiner-Falefa homered off Payton Tolle in the ninth for Toronto.

The Blue Jays lost for the sixth time in seven games. They’ve scored one run or fewer in all six of those defeats

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