Crochet retires 17 straight as Red Sox swipe G1

NEW YORK -- Garrett Crochet retired 17 consecutive batters successful a sparkling pitching performance, and pinch-hitter Masataka Yoshida lined a two-run azygous disconnected reliever Luke Weaver that sent the Boston Red Sox past the New York Yankees 3-1 connected Tuesday nighttime successful their AL Wild Card Series opener.

New York loaded the bases with cipher retired successful the ninth inning, but All-Star person Aroldis Chapman pitched retired of the jam against his erstwhile team. Boston is 10-4 versus its longtime rival this twelvemonth and halfway to winning the best-of-three playoff.

Game 2 is Wednesday nighttime successful the Bronx again, with Aaron Judge and the Yankees needing a triumph to widen their season. Carlos Rodon (18-9, 3.09 ERA) volition commencement for New York, opposed by Brayan Bello (11-9, 3.35).

Crochet gave up lone Anthony Volpe's second-inning homer and improved to 4-0 against the Yankees this year, throwing a career-high 117 pitches successful a marquee duel of ace left-handers with Max Fried. Crochet struck retired 11 and walked nary implicit 7 2/3 innings portion allowing 4 hits.

"The worldly was truly bully astatine that point," Red Sox manager Alex Cora said of Crochet, and keeping him successful good into the eighth inning. "He was throwing 97, 98, and the erstwhile inning was a speedy one. So, it gave america a accidental to propulsion the envelope."

Pitching with a 2-1 pb aft Yoshida's go-ahead deed successful the seventh, Crochet extended his streak of retired batters until Volpe singled with 1 retired successful the eighth. Crochet's last transportation was his fastest astatine 100.2 mph, which Austin Wells took for a called 3rd strike.

"He's the champion pitcher successful the game," Yankees slugger Aaron Judge said of Crochet. "He's going to enactment each of his pitches, and helium threw a small spot much off-speed aboriginal on. But we got the Volpe homer, and we got immoderate guys on, but we couldn't bash overmuch aft that."

Chapman retired Jose Caballero connected a flyout to decorativeness the eighth earlier Alex Bregman, playing his 100th postseason game, deed an RBI treble successful the ninth disconnected David Bednar.

Paul Goldschmidt, Judge and Cody Bellinger loaded the bases with consecutive singles starting the bottommost half, but Chapman recovered to get the prevention erstwhile helium struck retired Giancarlo Stanton, retired Jazz Chisholm Jr. connected a flyout and fanned Read Entire Article