TORONTO — When the Red Sox wake up on Thursday morning, they’ll be one win away from clinching a playoff berth.

The Red Sox continue to get help from the flailing Houston Astros, who lost 6-0 to the Athletics late Wednesday night for the club’s fifth straight loss.

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Boston (87-71) now holds a three-game lead plus the tiebreaker over Houston (84-74), meaning that the Red Sox will clinch a playoff spot with one more win or one more Astros loss over the last four games.

Because the Astros and Athletics play their series finale Thursday at 3:35 p.m., it’s possible the Red Sox might have a postseason berth locked up before they even take the field for their 7:07 p.m. game in Toronto.

Elsewhere in the American League, the Cleveland Guardians (86-72) beat the Detroit Tigers (

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