For 8 innings Garrett Crochet was pitching the game of his life for the Boston Red Sox against the New York Yankees. He held the Yankees to just three hits and a walk in one of the most dominating performances of the season. The Sox bats unfortunately could only scratch out a single run against Ryan Yarbrough on a Ceddanne Rafaela rbi single. The Yankees bullpen held the Sox scoreless until the ninth inning when disaster struck. Aaron Judge had been 0 for 6 with 6 K's against Crochet this season but hit a 100 mph fastball completely out of Fenway to tie the game, ruining Garrett's start. Still, ex-Yankee Carlos Narvaez delivered the knockout blows when he gunned down Anthony Volpe trying to steal in the top of the 10th and drove in the winning run in the bottom half. Despite the Judge home run, the Sox still beat the Yankees 2-1 in 10 innings at Fenway Park.
Crochet got the ball in the top of the first inning and Paul Goldschmidt grounded out to third on the first pitch. Ben Rice grounded out to short on the very next pitch and Aaron Judge struck out swinging to end the inning at just 8 pitches for Crochet. Yarbrough got the ball in the bottom of the first inning and Rob Refsnyder walked to start. Rafael Devers lined out to center and so did Romy Gonzalez, but Carlos Narvaez walked. Roman Anthony grounded out to second to end the inning.
Cody Bellinger flied out to center to start the top of the second but Anthony Volpe got a base hit to center. Jasson Dominguez popped up to first and DJ LeMahieu grounded out to short to end the inning. The Sox struck first in the bottom of the second as Trevor Story got a base hit to center to start. Abraham "El" Toro struck out swinging but Story swiped second on the play. That proved big when Story scored on the Ceddanne Rafaela base hit to center. Rafaela got picked off to end the inning with the Sox up 1-0.
Austin Wells struck out swinging to start the top of the third before Oswald Peraza walked. Goldschmidt flied out to right and Rice grounded out to short to end the inning. Refsnyder popped up to second to begin the bottom of the third before Devers grounded out to third. Gonzalez beat out a roller to third but Narvaez popped up to short to end the inning.
Judge took strike three to start the top of the fourth before Bellinger grounded out to second. Volpe struck out swinging to end the inning. Anthony lined out to left to start the bottom of the fourth before Story grounded out to short. Toro flied out to center to end the inning.
Things looked bad when Toro threw a grounder by Dominguez away for an error to start the top of the fifth. Dominguez stole second and took third on the LeMahieu base hit to right. Crochet coldly struck out both Wells and Peraza swinging before getting Goldschmidr to ground out to short to end the inning. The Sox blew a rally in the bottom of the fifth as Rafaela struck out swinging to start. Campbell walked and Refsnyder got a base hit to right, but Devers took strike three. That was it for Yarbrough as Jonathan Loaisiga struck out Gonzalez swinging to end the inning.
Rice grounded out to second to start the top of the sixth before Judge struck out swinging again. Bellinger grounded out to second to end the inning. Narvaez flied out to left to start the bottom of the sixth before Anthony struck out swinging. Story grounded out to third to end the inning.
Volpe got a base hit to left to start the top of the seventh but Dominguez grounded into a double play. LeMahieu lined out to right to end the inning. Ian Hamilton came in to pitch the bottom of the seventh and Toro flied out to center to start. Rafaela grounded out to third and Campbell lined out to right to end the inning.
David Hamilton came in to play second for Campbell to start the top of the eighth and Wells grounded out to second to begin. Peraza grounded out to third and Goldschmidt flied out to left to end the inning. The Sox blew a huge rally in the bottom of the eighth with Jarren Duran pinch hitting for Refsnyder. Duran struck out swinging but Devers got a base hit to left. Marcelo Mayer punch hit for Gonzalez but Fernando Cruz was brought in to pitch to him. A wild pitch moved Devers to second but Mayer struck out swinging. Narvaez and Anthony drew back to back walks to load the bases, but Story flied out to left on a 2-0 count to end the inning.
Crochet returned for the top of the ninth and Rice grounded out to second to start. On a 3-2 count, Crochet tied to blow Judge away with a fastball.....and failed. Judge hit it out of Fenway Park to tie the game, ruin the shutout and chase Crochet. Garrett tossed 8 1/3 innings of 1 run ball allowing just 4 hits and a walk while striking out 7. Aroldis Chapman came in to pitch and Bellinger popped up to third. Volpe flied out to center to end the inning.
Toro popped up to third to start the bottom of the ninth and Rafaela struck out swinging. Tim Hill came in to pitch to Hamilton and David flied out to right to end the inning.
Yerrrrr out!
Carlos with the KO blow
Garrett "The Lock" Whitlock came in to pitch the top of the tenth with Anthony Volpe starting at second base. Volpe looked to have stolen third but Sox manager Alex Cora challenged that Volpe was out. Third base umpire Mike Brenly ruled OUT and the runner was erased. Dominguez took strike three and LeMahieu fouled a pitch off that Aaron Boone challenged was fair. The umpire ruled foul and he ran out of the dugout with a pipe wrench and took a swing at home plate umpire John Tumpane. Boone was escorted out of Fenway by Boston police and LeMahieu grounded out to first to end the inning.
Hamilton started the bottom of the tenth with Tim Hill on the mound and Duran grounded out to second to move David to third. Devers was intentionally walked and naturally Mayer struck out swinging. Devers moved to second on defensive indifference but Narvaez slammed a base hit off the top of the Monster to win the game for the Sox 2-1.
Hero of The Night is Carlos Narvaez
Carlos Hero
The Good:
Rob Refsnyder was 1 for 2 with a walk.
Romy Gonzalez was 1 for 3.
The Bad:
Jarren Duran was 0 for 2 with a strikeout.
Marcelo Mayer was 0 for 2 with 2 strikeouts.
Abraham Toro was 0 for 4 with a strikeout.
Kristian Campbell was 0 for 2 with a strikeout.
The Ugly:
Rafael Devers was just 1 for 4 with a strikeout but walked.
Roman Anthony was 0 for 3 with a strikeout but walked.
Trevor Story was just 1 for 4 but scored a run.
Ceddanne Rafaela was just 1 for 4 with 2 strikeouts but drove in a run.
David Hamilton was 0 for 1 but scored the winning run.
Final Thoughts:
Good win but that sucks for Crochet. The Sox haven't had a game of utter domination against the Yankees like that since Rick Porcello 1 hit the Yankees seven years ago. Crochet was absolutely dealing and the real shame wasn't the Judge home run, it was Boston's utter ineptitude at the plate. With injuries to Alex Bregman and Triston Casas and the rookies not doing much, the Boston bats were pathetic. The real crime was Cruz walking the bases loaded and going 2-0 on Story only for Trevor to pop up. It should have never have come to Crochet having to be damn near perfect to win the game. Still, the positives are Crochet bullied the Yankees and the Sox have a legitimate ace again. Carlos Narvaez saved the day with his arm and his bat in this one and he's been the shocker of the season so far. Bottom line was it wasn't the way the fans wanted, but the Sox still won the game for their first 3 game win streak since April. Whether or not they can ride the momentum depends on the War Pigs moving forward, especially with two games remaining against the Yankees this weekend. The win improved the Sox to 35-36, 8.5 games behind the Yankees for first place in the AL East. The Sox look to make it four wins in a row and two straight against the Yankees tomorrow night when "War Pig" Hunter Dobbins (3-1, 4.20 ERA) also looks to make it two straight wins against the Yankees against Carlos Rodon of New York. The game begins at 7:15 PM at Fenway Park.
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