Garrett Crochet twirls complete-game shutout as Red Sox edge Rays, 1-0

Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald on Jul 12, 2025

Published in Baseball

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BOSTON — Red Sox manager Alex Cora said pregame that there would be no limits on Garrett Crochet for his final start before the break, and he meant it.

The All-Star southpaw pitched the first complete-game shutout of his career on Saturday, powering the Red Sox to a 1-0 victory and series win over the visiting Tampa Bay Rays.

In true ace form, Crochet received very little in the way of run support. Carlos Narváez’s fourth-inning RBI single, which brought Roman Anthony home, was the only run on the board.

But Crochet has thrived in these situations; he entered Saturday with a 1.71 ERA in 14 games in which he received no more than five runs of support, compared to a 4.35 ERA in the five games when he received at least six runs of support.

Rays right-hander Shane Baz wasn’t nearly as effective, but the Red Sox bailed him out several times, getting caught stealing (Marcelo Mayer, third inning), hitting into two inning-ending double plays within the first four innings, and wasting leadoff doubles by Trevor Story — his 1,000th career hit — and Jarren Duran in the fifth and sixth.

Baz threw only 53% of his 98 pitches in the zone. He struck out three, walked two and hit Masataka Yoshida to open the sixth, but he ultimately yielded just one earned run on five hits in his 6.1 innings.

The Boston bats fouled off countless pitches, including at least half a dozen into the open windows of the press box, but the big hit eluded them.

Never fear. From start to finish, Crochet was here.

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