So much for the Boston Red Sox and their four game win streak. The Milwaukee Brewers came to Boston and laid waste to the bungholes of Kutter Crawford (2-3, 2.89 ERA) and the Boston Red Sox. The Brewers bullpen pitched all nine innings and held the hapless bats to just two runs. William Contreras smashed a two run home run and the Brewers scored three runs in the fifth inning to put the game away. The Brewers scored another run against Chase Anderson in the ninth and added to Boston's misery with a 7-2 victory over the Sox at Fenway Park.
Crawford got the ball in the top of the first inning and Brice Turang hit a routine grounder to first. Dominic Smith heaved the ball over his head like a grenade and stuck his fingers in his ears for an error. William Contreras hit into a double play but Christian Yelich walked. Willy Adames struck out swinging to end the inning. Koenig got the ball in the bottom of the first inning and Jarren Duran got a base hit up the middle to start. Wilyer Abreu struck out swinging but a wild pitch moved Duran to second. Connor Wong drew a walk but Rafael Devers lined out to center. That was it for Koenig as Brewers manager Pat Murphy now had to go to his bullpen for the entire game. Bryse Wilson came in to face Tyler O'Neill and naturally O'Neill struck out swinging to end the inning.
Jake Bauers led off the top of the second by striking out swinging before Joey Ortiz lined out to center. Sal Frelick lined out to left to end the inning. Dominic Smith led off the bottom of the second by striking out swinging on a full count fastball right down the middle. Vaughn Grissom grounded out to short and David Hamilton flied out to left to end the inning.
The Brewers struck first in the top of the third as Jackson Chourio doubled to center to start and Blake Perkins caught Crawford asleep with a bunt single to put runners at the corners. Turang hit a sac fly to left to score Chourio and Contreras hit a home run all the way to Germany to ice the game. Yelich struck out swinging and Adames hit one up the elevator shaft to end the inning but the game was already over 3-0 Brewers.
The Sox naturally rolled over in the bottom of the third as Ceddanne Rafaela flied out to center to start. Duran got a base hit to left but Abreu struck out swinging and Wong flied out to right to end the inning.
Bauers flied out to right to start the top of the fourth but Ortiz dumped a base hit inside the first base bag. Frelick grounded out to third to move Ortiz to second but Chourio struck out swinging to end the inning. The Sox struck back in the bottom of the fourth as Devers popped up to third to start. O'Neill struck out swinging but Smith got a base hit to center. Grissom walked and Hamilton lined a double past Adames to score Smith. With a chance to tie the game....Rafaela popped up to first to end the inning with the Sox down 3-1.
Naturally the Brewers rallied in the top of the fifth as Perkins got a base hit just past Hamilton to start. Perkins stole second but Turang popped up to short. Contreras walked and Yelich iced the game with a double to center to score Perkins. Adames doubled to right to score both runners and chase Crawford. Kutter got hammered for six runs in just 4 1/3 innings. Brennan Bernardino came in and got Bauers to ground out to second to move Adames to third but Ortiz grounded out to short to end the inning with the Brewers up 6-1.
Duran tried to rally the Sox in the bottom of the fifth with a double to left but Abreu struck out swinging. Wong grounded out to third and Devers took strike three to end the inning.
Chase Anderson came in to pitch the top of the sixth and Frelick grounded out to short to start. Chourio grounded out to third and Perkins grounded out to second to end the inning. The Sox struck back in the bottom of the sixth as O'Neill took strike three to start. Smith belted his first home run of the season to cut the lead but Grissom grounded back to the mound. Hamilton got a base hit to center but Rafaela popped up to third to end the inning with the Sox down 6-2.
Turang grounded out to short to start the top of the seventh but Contreras singled to right. Yelich singled to right and Adames walked to load the bases, but Bauers struck out swinging. Ortiz went down hacking to end the inning. Bryan Hudson came in to pitch the bottom of the seventh and Duran lined out to left to begin. Rob Refsnyder pinch hit for Abreu and struck out swinging, but Wong got a base hit to right. Devers grounded out to first to end the inning.
Frelick grounded out to first to begin the top of the eighth and Chourio grounded out to second. Perkins walked and stole second, but Turang popped up to second to end the inning. O'Neill struck out swinging to start the bottom of the eighth and Garrett Cooper pinch hit for Smith. Cooper lined out to short and Frelick made a great catch to rob Grissom of a base hit to end the inning.
The Brewers wrapped up the scoring in the top of the ninth as Contreras lined out to center to start. Yelich singled to left and Adames doubled to center. Bauers was intentionally walked to load the bases but Ortiz hit a sac fly to center to score Yelich. Frelick grounded out to second to end the inning with the Brewers ahead 7-2.
Joel Payamps came in to close out the bottom of the ninth and Hamilton singled to right to start. Rafaela grounded into a double play and Duran grounded out to short to end the game. The Brewers had won the game 7-2.
Brewers win
Jackass of The Night is Kutter Crawford. He got hammered for six runs in 4 1/3 innings to put the Sox in a hole they couldn't climb out of.
The Good:
Jarren Duran was 3 for 5.
Connor Wong was 1 for 3 with a walk.
Dominic Smith was 2 for 3 with a home run and 2 total runs scored.
David Hamilton was 3 for 4 with an rbi.
Brennan Bernardino got the final two outs of the fifth inning.
Chase Anderson allowed just 1 run in 4 innings.
The Bad:
Wilyer Abreu was 0 for 3 with a hat trick of 3 strikeouts.
Rob Refsnyder struck out as a pinch hitter.
Rafael Devers was 0 for 4 with a strikeout.
Tyler O'Neill was 0 for 4 with a golden sombrero of 4 strikeouts.
Garrett Cooper was 0 for 1 as a pinch hitter.
Ceddanne Rafaela was 0 for 4.
The Ugly:
Vaughn Grissom was 0 for 3 but walked.
Final Thoughts:
Just when you think the Sox are going to turn a corner, they end up smashing into a wall. They did good to win four in a row and then they get hammered by the Brewers at home. Crawford looked mortal for the first time in a month and the bats went to sleep against the Brewers bullpen. The bottom of the order has been a black hole and it definitely was in this one. The only bright spots was Smith, Duran, Anderson and Hamilton, everyone else crapped the bed. The loss dropped the Sox to 26-25, 9 games behind the New York Yankees for first place in the AL East. The Sox look to bounce back tomorrow against the Brewers when Jared Koenig becomes the first "starter" to pitch two straight days since the 1900's takes on Nick Pivetta (2-2) of the Red Sox. The game begins at 4:10 PM at Fenway Park.
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