Days continued passing at the end of September, and the Boston Red Sox somehow miraculously kept hope alive.
On Wednesday night in Toronto, that hope was finally, mercifully, extinguished.
With a 6-1 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays, shortly following wins by the Kansas City Royals and Detroit Tigers, the Red Sox (80-79) were officially eliminated from playoff contention. Boston will miss out on October for the third straight year, the first time that has happened since 1994…