The Boston Red Sox will be playing playoff baseball for a second consecutive year.
The Red Sox clinched a 2017 MLB postseason berth early Thursday morning as a result of the Cleveland Indians defeating the Los Angeles Angels.
The Sox, who defeated the Baltimore Orioles 9-0 on Wednesday, have secured at least one of the two wild-card berths in the American League. However, they have a three-game lead over the New York Yankees in the American League East division with about two weeks left in the regular season. Winning the division is the main goal for the Red Sox right now.
Boston now has reached the playoffs in back-to-back seasons for the first time since the club played three straight years of postseason baseball from 2007 through 2009. The Red Sox were swept by the Indians in the AL Division Series last season.
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