Overview

• Crochet is slated to face Orioles left-hander Cade Povich in Thursday’s afternoon series finale at Camden Yards.
• Ceddanne Rafaela lifted Boston to a 3-2 win Wednesday with a two-run homer in the ninth after a seventh-inning outfield misplay.
• Boston is 6-1 on the road trip entering the finale and has won the first three games of the series by a combined three runs.
• This season Crochet is 14-5 with a 2.38 ERA and has allowed one run over seven innings in each of his past two starts, including 11 strikeouts against the Yankees.
• His 2025 split shows a 1.87 ERA with 108 strikeouts in 82 day-game innings versus a 2.88 ERA with 99 strikeouts in 84 1/3 innings at night, though staff members caution against over-interpreting the difference.