The result, a 4-2 loss in 12 innings, dropped like an anvil on the team’s aspirations — quickly followed by a sledgehammer delivered in the form of the news that Rafael Devers most likely won’t play again this year.

The Red Sox squandered opportunity after opportunity, and with Friday’s 12-inning loss the club’s playoff hopes are all but extinguished.

BOSTON — Trevor Larnach and Matt Wallner both had RBI singles in the 12th inning, and the Minnesota Twins beat the Boston Red Sox 4-2 on Friday night to move into the AL’s third and final wild-card spot. Winning for just the sixth time in their last 17 games, the Twins moved a game ahead Detroit, which lost 8-1 to the Baltimore Orioles.