Crochet had struck out Judge in six straight at-bats dating back to his last start entering the pair’s ninth-inning matchup Friday. The post Garrett Crochet carries shutout into ninth inning, comes up short courtesy of Aaron Judge game-tying HR appeared first on Boston.

Crochet held New York scoreless over a career-high 8 1/3 innings, striking out the Yankees slugger three times while holding the rest of New York’s lineup to four hits with seven total Ks.

A week after the Yankees managed five runs off Garrett Crochet in the Bronx, Aaron Boone wasn’t going to underestimate the Red Sox ace. “Big stuff, big and physical, deception on the mound, kind of that unique delivery,