The Boston Red Sox took a 1-0 lead over the New York Yankees in the best-of-three American League Wild Card Series with their 3-1 win in Game 1 on Tuesday night.

For four hours a day, these guys get to go be 12-year-old kids and play baseball' Vogt said before Tuesday's AL wild card showdown with Detroit.

The Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers and Houston Astros are jockeying for the final playoff berth in the American League, with one of the AL Central teams ending up the division winner. Cleveland and Detroit were tied entering play Saturday, with Houston trailing a game behind in the wild card standings.

The Red Sox inched themselves to the brink of a postseason berth with a win Wednesday night. Here are the two ways they can clinch a return to October on Thursday.

The Houston Astros can no longer win the AL West and have obstacles to overcome to claim an AL wild card berth.