Garrett Crochet Frustrated By Disastrous Outing

Boston Red Sox pitcher Garrett Crochet

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The Boston Red Sox looked to build momentum when they gave the ball to Garrett Crochet for Monday's series opener against the Minnesota Twins. Crochet was coming off an excellent performance in which he limited the Milwaukee Brewers to two runs over 6 1/3 innings.

Things didn't go as planned for the lefty. In the first inning, the Twins jumped all over Crochet and pushed four runs across the board. In the second inning, they added seven more, in part thanks to two home runs.

Crochet's pitch shapes were in line with 2025, but his velocity was down across the board. He didn't strike out a hitter and only induced three swings and misses. It was the first start of his career without striking out a hitter, and his shortest career start aside from one where he was forced out of the game due to a weather delay.

"It's tough," Crochet said. "I don't really have anything to say, I'm just going to flush it as best as I can and move on to the next one."

With his velocity down and poor results, it's easy to wonder if the Red Sox ace was fully healthy on Monday. Both Red Sox manager Alex Cora and Crochet squashed that concern after the game.

"He's healthy, so that's the most important thing," Cora said.

Neither offered a specific reason for the velocity dip, but Crochet is coming off a 107-pitch outing, his longest of the season, and more pitches than he planned to throw in his third turn through the rotation. Last season, he threw 102 pitches in his second start of the season and saw his velocity fall in his third start before returning to normal.

The Red Sox had opportunities throughout the game, but the early deficit proved too much to overcome as they fell to the Twins, 13-6.

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