Red Sox Week in Review: Garrett Crochet Is Leaking Water and the Red Sox's Ship Is Sinking

[Alex Mayes]

Boston Red Sox Weekly Snapshot

Record Last Week: 2-4

Runs Scored Last Week: 19

Runs Surrendered Last Week: 34

Standings: 

4th in AL East

4.5 GB First Place

Transactions:

04/14/26; Red Sox selected the contract of RHP Jack Anderson from Worcester Red Sox.

04/14/26: Red Sox Transferred RHP Johan Oviedo from 15-day injured list to the 60-day injured list. Right elbow strain.

04/15/26: Everyone changed number to 42.

04/16/26: Everyone changed numbers back to original from 42.

Scores:

Game 16 (4/13): BOS 6, MIN 13

Game 17 (4/14): BOS 0, MIN 6

Game 18 (4/14): BOS 9, MIN 6

Game 19 (4/17): BOS 1, DET 0

Game 20 (4/18): BOS 1, DET 4

Game 21 (4/19): BOS 2, DET 6

Series Breakdown/Highlights

Twins Series: For as much went right in the Milwaukee and St. Louis series last week, that much went wrong in the series against the Twins. Garrett Crochet turned in the worst start of his career in the first game, lasting only 1 ⅔ innings while giving up 11 runs, ten earned, with zero strikeouts, and three walks. The offense came alive later in the game, but it was too little too late.

Heading into game two, Sonny Gray was trusted to steady the ship against the Twins and he failed to go more than four innings after being tagged for five earned runs while walking one and striking out one.

Finally, Connelly Early turned in arguably his best start of his young career. He went six innings, only allowing one earned run while walking two and striking out five. Perhaps most promising, though, Roman Anthony seemed to wake up this series. He went 5-10 during the three game stint and was far more selective with his swing decisions than he had been previously in the season. It’s the little things when the season is going the way it currently is.

 

 

Tigers Series: In a weekend series that goes through Marathon Monday, we have the rare week in review that will be written before the series concludes. Game one was a classic pitcher’s duel that saw Ranger Suarez turn in his best performance in a Red Sox uniform. He tossed eight scoreless innings, giving up zero runs, walking one, and striking out four. He flashed his defensive abilities a couple of times and looked as poised as he could be in the first Fenway Greens game of the season. In classic Greens fashion, the win was secured on a walk off bouncing single from Masataka Yoshida, who grinned from ear to ear as he rounded first.

Games two and three were less fun. The Red Sox had reigning Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal on the ropes a couple of times but failed to capitalize with ducks in the pond. Against such a dominant pitcher, not being able to push those runs across to chase him off the mound earlier in the game.

In game three, Crochet seemed to be on the right track through the first four innings, throwing his fastball options better than he did against the Twins but things went off the rails in the fifth. His eight strikeouts are promising, but he’s hardly throwing his sweeper at all. It was his best out pitch last season, and one of the best breakers in the league, but he seems to not trust it at all right now. In good news, Willson Contreras launched another homer early in the game.

 

Website Highlights

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Never Trust the Numbers: Greg Weissert Turning Season Around Following Homer-Laden Start (Adam Samrov) 

Trading Places: Should A Trevor Story-Marcelo Mayer Position Swap Be on the Sox’ Radar? By Ryan Salvaggio 

The Red Sox Still Have a Trevor Story Problem (Alex Mayes)

Looking Ahead

April 20: Tigers (Jack Flaherty) @ Red Sox (Sonny Gray): 11:10 AM EDT

April 21: Yankees (Luis Gil) @ Red Sox: 6:45 PM EDT

April 22: Yankees (Max Fried) @ Red Sox: 6:45 PM EDT

April 23: Yankees (Cam Schlittler) @ Red Sox 6:10 PM EDT

April 24: Red Sox @ Orioles: 7:05 PM EDT

April 25: Red Sox @ Orioles: 4:05 PM EDT

April 26: Red Sox @ Orioles: 1:35 PM EDT

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