"All eyes were on Garrett Crochet in this outing after a lot of talk of fatigue in recent days for the pitcher who now leads all of baseball in innings pitched with 185 1/3. Crochet responded by dominating with all four of his pitches (Four Seam, Cutter, Sinker, Sweeper) and even a few changeups, allowing three hits, walking none, and striking out ten batters over seven innings, for his 15th victory of the season."
"Crochet will pitch three more times this season, and it can be done on five days' rest without manipulating the rotation at all, since the Red Sox have an off day in each of the final three weeks of the season. If the Red Sox play in the Wild Card round (likely), this would line Crochet up to pitch Game Two of that series on Wednesday, October 1st, on four days' rest."
"At the plate on Monday night, the Red Sox banged out 12 hits, with five players tallying two hits. Trevor Story started things off with a home run, cleaning out a ball on the inner-half to set the tone for the evening in the first. In the top of the second, Masataka Yoshida singled, Ceddanne Rafaela drew his first walk in 65 plate appearances (per Lou Merloni), and Nick Sogard smacked an RBI single to center field to make the score 2-0."
Garrett Crochet dominated seven innings, allowing three hits, issuing no walks, and striking out ten while mixing a four-seam, cutter, sinker, sweeper and some changeups. The four-seam produced a 42% whiff rate after limited whiffs in his previous start. Crochet leads MLB with 185 1/3 innings and can make three more regular-season starts without rotating the staff because of upcoming off days. If the Red Sox reach the Wild Card round, he projects to start Game Two on October 1st on four days' rest. The offense totaled 12 hits, with five players recording two hits each, and homers by Trevor Story and Carlos Narvaez.
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