"The most important thing: We're in,"
"We just celebrate tonight, and you know, we'll see where we are tomorrow."
"I didn't have losing on my mind at all. I was focused on today and the game that we were playing,"
"We're handling the task at hand and controlling what we can control."
Boston returned to the postseason with a 4-3, walk-off victory over the Detroit Tigers when Ceddanne Rafaela hit a deep line drive and Romy Gonzalez scored the winning run. Players streamed from the dugout to greet Gonzalez and gathered around Rafaela at third in celebration. Boston improved to 88-72, moving two games ahead of Detroit and three games ahead of Houston for the final two American League wild-card spots after Houston lost to the Angels. The Red Sox will play the best-of-three wild-card round on the road at either New York, Toronto, Cleveland, or Detroit. Ace Garrett Crochet is expected to start Game 1 and did not plan to remain at Fenway if clinching depended on another result. The team ended a three-year absence from the postseason and has not missed four straight playoffs since 1985.
Read at Boston.com
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