Garrett Crochet goes 7 innings as Red Sox beat Royals, extend winning streak to 7

Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald on Aug 5, 2025

Published in Baseball

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BOSTON — Monday’s series opener with the visiting Kansas City Royals was a slugfest.

Tuesday was largely a pitchers' duel: Ryan Bergert versus Garrett Crochet.

Both were Red Sox wins.

In yet another sold-out show at America’s Most Beloved Ballpark, Boston triumphed, 6-2, Tuesday night to extend the winning streak to seven.

Crochet made his MLB-leading 10th start of at least seven innings: Seven innings, two earned runs on four hits, one walk, and eight strikeouts.

Crochet had a perfect game through the first 3 1/3 innings, and he racked up six strikeouts along the way. Bobby Witt Jr.’s triple finally put a hit in Kansas City’s column, and he came home to score the tying run moments later on a Maikel Garcia RBI double

When the Royals began making more threatening contact, the Red Sox defense flashed some serious leather. David Hamilton and Wilyer Abreu opened the top of the fifth with a pair of stellar outs. Hamilton made a rolling grab to prevent Randal Grichuk’s ball from reaching the outfield, then threw to first in time, and Abreu raced over to the right-field corner and made a stunning catch.

Bergert was long gone by the time Crochet walked off the mound for the last time.

The Boston bats tallied nine hits in the contest, but they could barely get anything going against Bergert. The Royals righty yielded just two earned runs on two hits, two walks, and struck out two in 5 2/3 innings. But when Bergert walked Alex Bregman to snap a streak of nine consecutive batters retired, Royals manager Matt Quatraro made his first pitching change.

Against the visiting bullpen, the Red Sox found the clutch pedal again. Between the sixth and seventh innings they scored five runs, all with two outs.

Abreu greeted Angel Zerpa with a double that put two in scoring position for Trevor Story, who brought both men home with a go-ahead two-run single.

John Schreiber, traded to the Royals during spring training ‘24 – for David Sandlin, now one of Boston’s top pitching prospects — had a rough time against his former teammates and was unable to finish the seventh inning. Schreiber opened with a pair of quick outs, then walked No. 9 hitter David Hamilton.

Jarren Duran followed with a single, and Bregman’s second walk in as many innings loaded the bases. Abreu came through with a two-run single and Story followed with a single that brought his RBI total to three and knocked Schreiber out of the game.

No more scoring required.

Unlike Monday, there would be no late-inning rally by the Royals. Greg Weissert and Jordan Hicks pitched an inning apiece. Hicks got pinch-hitter Mike Yastrzemski, grandson of the legendary Captain Carl, to pop out for the second out of the ninth.

The Red Sox are 64-51.