The Boston Red Sox entered tonight’s series opener against the Toronto Blue Jays. They are coming off a series sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals. They outscored the Cardinals 36-20 and outhit them 45-36. Tonight in their series opener, they suffered a 6-2 loss to the Blue Jays. They only managed to record four hits. The hits came from Alex Bregman, Trevor Story, and two from Jarren Duran. The two runs came from Rafael Devers and Triston Casas. Ceddanne Rafaela scored both runs, one coming on a Devers sacrifice fly and the other on a Casas’ single.
The Red Sox had Richard Fitts making his second start of the season. He went six innings, giving up three runs on six hits; he walked four and struck out four. The original probable starter for Toronto was Easton Lucas, but they went with Jose Berrios, who shut down the Red Sox bats. Berrios went seven innings, giving up one run on four hits; he walked three and struck out two. It wasn’t Berrios’ best start, but he did enough to keep the Red Sox at bay. The Red Sox also lost Connor Wong in this game fractured pinky on a catcher’s interference. Carlos Navaez replaced Wong. Wong will be placed on the injured list according to Alex Cora following the game.
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Scoring
The game started, with a beautiful catch by Rafaela in center field but after that, it was all Toronto. Blue Jays jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the third as Andres Gimenez drove home Bo Bichette on a sacrifice fly. Later in the inning, George Springer singled home Vlad Guerrero Jr. In the bottom of the third, the Red Sox got a run back as Devers hit a sac fly to bring home Rafaela. In the top of the fifth, Springer singled home Gimenez to make it 3-1.
In the seventh, Springer singled home Gimenez once again and then Will Wagner singled home Springer to make it 5-1. Casas drove home Rafaela in the bottom half of the eighth inning to make it 5-2. The Blue Jays added another run in the top of the ninth as Nathan Lukes singled home Anthony Santander, but the inning ended as Rafaela threw out Wagner at third base.
Red Sox Debut
Robert Stock, who was called up today as Cooper Criswell was optioned to Triple-A Worcester, made his big league debut tonight. Stock went two innings, giving up one run on three hits; he walked one and didn’t record a strikeout. Greg Weissert had the seventh inning, and he struggled, giving up two runs on four hits; he didn’t issue a walk and struck out one.
Next Up
The Red Sox and Blue Jays will play game two of their four-game series tomorrow night. The Red Sox will have Garrett Crochet on the mound, making his Fenway debut as a member of the Red Sox. The Blue Jays are expected to counter with Easton Lucas. Crochet is 1-0 with a 1.38 ERA, a 0.92 WHIP, and 12 strikeouts in 13 innings. He’s coming off a dominant performance over the Baltimore Orioles in which he went eight shutout innings, giving up four hits; he walked one and struck out eight. Lucas, in his first start of the season, went five shutout innings giving up one hit; he walked two and struck out three.
