RED SOX POSTCAST: Red Sox Open Trip with Loss to Brewers & Waste Another Crochet Day

The Red Sox (27-29) opened up their 6-game road trip with a 3-2 loss to the Milwaukee Brewer in front of 40,181 at American Life Field in Milwaukee on Memorial Day. The Sox have lost 3 in a row and drop to 2 games under .500. The Sox got a run in the top of the 9th, but Connor Wong flew out to right-field with the bases loaded to end the game. It's the Red Sox 14th 1-run loss of the season. ----- Crochet Day: Garrett Crochet made his 8th start this season with the Red Sox losing the previous game played. Crochet and the Sox were down 1-0 one pitch into the game with Jackson Chourio hitting a leadoff Home Run in the Bottom of the 1st Inning. The Brewers added their 2nd run vs. Crochet on back-to-back Doubles by Joey Ortiz and Andruw Monasterio in the 5th Inning. Crochet threw 108 pitches and had 22 swings & misses over 6.2 Innings. He walked 2 and tied a season-high with 11 strikeouts. With the loss, the Red Sox are 1-4 in Crochet's 5 starts in the Month of May and 6-6 in his 1st 12 starts of the season. Crochet has allowed 2 earned runs or less in 11 of his 1st 12 starts. -----