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Red Sox reach 100 wins in 146th game, fastest since 2001

The Boston Red Sox became the fastest team to reach 100 wins since 2001 after David Price threw seven shutout innings in a 1-0 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays Wednesday night at Fenway Park.

The Red Sox, who on Tuesday became the first team this season to clinch a playoff berth, reached the century mark in their 146th game. The 2001 Seattle Mariners reached 100 wins in their 140th game, and went on to win a major-league-record 116 games.

Boston has reached 100 wins just four times in team history, last doing it in 1946, when the Red Sox went 104-50 and then lost to the St.