Garrett Crochet struck out 11 batters over seven innings while allowing five hits as Boston defeated New York 12-1. Trevor Story homered, drove in three runs and produced a two-run double. Roman Anthony and Alex Bregman each recorded RBI for Boston. Crochet took the major league lead in innings (166 1/3) and strikeouts (207), became the first Boston pitcher since Eduardo Rodríguez in 2019 to surpass 200 strikeouts, and passed 500 career strikeouts. Boston erupted for seven runs in the ninth after Anthony Volpe's error and a Carlos Narváez homer. Aaron Judge is hitting .218 since returning from the injured list. Dustin May (7-9, 4.59) is slated to start for Boston against New York's Carlos Rodón (13-7, 3.24).
NEW YORK (AP) - Garrett Crochet struck out 11 in seven innings, Trevor Story homered and drove in three runs, and the Boston Red Sox beat the New York Yankees 12-1 on Saturday. Star rookie Roman Anthony and Alex Bregman each drove in a run for Boston, which defeated New York for the eighth straight time after losing the rivals' first meeting on June 6. The Red Sox, second in the NL East to Toronto, moved 1 1/2 games ahead of the Yankees in the division.
Crochet (14-5) took over the major league lead in both innings (166 1/3) and strikeouts (207). The left-hander allowed five hits, including Giancarlo Stanton's 16th homer. Crochet became the first Boston pitcher since Eduardo Rodríguez in 2019 to surpass 200 strikeouts in a season. He also exceeded 500 K's for his career.
Story had a two-run double in the third inning against rookie Will Warren (7-6) and hit his 20th homer on Warren's first pitch of the fifth. Yankees slugger Aaron Judge went 1 for 4 with a double but struck out twice and is hitting .218 since being activated from the injured list on Aug. 5. New York has dropped three straight following a five-game winning streak.
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