Crochet held New York scoreless over a career-high 8 1/3 innings, striking out the Yankees slugger three times while holding the rest of New York’s lineup to four hits with seven total Ks.

Crochet had struck out Judge in six straight at-bats dating back to his last start entering the pair’s ninth-inning matchup Friday. The post Garrett Crochet carries shutout into ninth inning, comes up short courtesy of Aaron Judge game-tying HR appeared first on Boston.

Judge busted Garrett Crochet's shutout bid with a one-out bomb to left out of Fenway Park, but the Sox catcher picked up their ace in the bottom of the 10th with a game-winning Wall-ball.

Starters Lucas Giolito and Walker Buehler have been borderline disasters up until this point, and tonight’s starter, Garrett Crochet (6-4, 2.35 ERA), can only do so much. In a rematch of last week’s matchup, it’s Ryan Yarbrough matching up with Crochet, but there’s a bit of a different wrinkle to the lineup.

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