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Garrett Crochet Reclaims K Lead as Red Sox Blank A’s 7-0

The bounce-back start eased concerns over his form.

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Overview

  • The left-hander fired seven scoreless innings with 10 strikeouts, no walks and three hits allowed to secure his 15th win.
  • With 228 strikeouts, Crochet moved back atop the Major League leaderboard after last week’s rough outing against Cleveland.
  • Trevor Story and Carlos Narváez hit solo homers as Boston collected 12 hits, with multi-hit games from Jarren Duran, Alex Bregman and Masataka Yoshida.
  • Oakland rookie Luis Morales took his first MLB loss, yielding five earned runs on seven hits in 4 2/3 innings with two strikeouts and one walk.
  • The victory moved Boston to three games behind the AL East–leading Blue Jays and one game back of the Yankees for the top AL wild-card slot, with Dustin May set to start Tuesday.