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Garrett Crochet took manager Alex Cora’s message to heart as he dominated the Braves on Sunday in a 3-1 Red Sox win.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In the rubber match of the series between the\u00a0Boston Red Sox\u00a0and Atlanta Braves on Sunday,\u00a0Garrett Crochet put up a clinic, allowing just one earned run in seven innings of work in a 3-1 win for the Red Sox that improves them to 29-32 on the year. Crochet has proven to be worth his weight in gold even though the Red Sox have a below .500 record, especially with the way he carved up the Braves lineup to the tune of 12 strikeouts against just two walks.<\/p>\n
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Thus far this year, Crochet has an ERA of 1.98 in 82 innings of work (across 13 starts). The major surrounding Crochet after the Red Sox parted with a hefty prospect package for him was whether or not he was ready to assume the workload that came with being the fulltime ace of a staff as thin as the Red Sox’s. He has certainly answered the call for Boston, and manager\u00a0Alex Cora’s trust in him\u00a0has grown stronger\u00a0with each passing start \u2014 firing up Crochet in the process.<\/p>\n

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\u201c[Cora] told me, \u2018Let\u2019s keep going.’ I was fired up. I was just hoping it wasn\u2019t for [Michael] Harris only. If you\u2019re going to send me back out, let me go to work, and he did,\u201d Crochet said, per Chris Cotillo of Mass Live.<\/p>\n

Indeed, Crochet was fired up beyond belief heading into the seventh inning on Sunday \u2014 his final inning of the night. He ended up striking the side out on just 13 pitches, and it paved the way for the Red Sox’s late-inning relievers, Greg Weissert and Aroldis Chapman, to seal the deal and the series victory over the Braves.<\/p>\n

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Crochet is one of the best starting pitchers\u00a0in the major leagues, and he proved that he’s not just someone who thrives when given a small workload. He only finished seven innings of work thrice last year with the Chicago White Sox; in 2025, he’s already done so six times for the Red Sox, even recording an eight-inning game back in early April in a shutout victory over the Baltimore Orioles.<\/p>\n

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Whenever the Red Sox become a contending team, there always seems to be a lefty fronting their starting rotation. Crochet definitely has been doing his job, it’s now up to the rest of the team to provide him the support he needs. They will look to continue their winning ways when they host the Los Angeles Angels later at 7:10 PM E.T.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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