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Roman Anthony had three hits for the Crimson Sox, who had their eleventh opening day shutout — with all however one on the street.
CINCINNATI (AP) — Garrett Crochet allowed solely three hits in six innings, Ceddanne Rafaela hit an RBI single within the seventh inning and the Boston Crimson Sox bought their first opening day shutout since 2015, defeating the Cincinnati Reds 3-0 on Thursday.
Roman Anthony had three hits for the Crimson Sox, who had their eleventh opening day shutout — with all however one on the street.
It’s the ninth time the Reds have been blanked in an opener and the primary since 2018. Rookie first baseman Sal Stewart had three of Cincinnati’s 4 hits, together with a pair of doubles.
Crochet (1-0) grew to become the primary pitcher to begin on opening day in every of his first three seasons as a starter, in line with MLB. The precise-hander struck out six and walked two en path to his first victory in an opener.
Crochet allowed just one hit the primary 5 innings earlier than working into some bother within the sixth. Matt McLain drew a stroll with one out and singles by Elly de la Cruz and Stewart loaded the bases.
The precise-hander struck out Eugenio Suárez and Spencer Steer to get out of the inning.
Crimson Sox nearer Aroldis Chapman retired the aspect within the ninth for the save.
Andrew Abbott, the primary lefty to begin a Reds opener since 1998, matched Crochet with six shutout innings and struck out 4.
Rafaela lined Pierce Johnson’s fastball up the center to drive in Marcelo Mayer. Mayer got here on as a pinch-hitter within the seventh and drove a double to the warning observe in left middle off Johnson (0-1) that was simply past the outstretched glove of Reds middle fielder TJ Friedl.
Mayer superior to 3rd on Carlos Narváez’s sacrifice bunt earlier than scoring on Rafaela’s second single of the sport.
The Crimson Sox added a pair of runs within the ninth on RBI singles by Trevor Story and Jaren Duran.
Crimson Sox RHP Sonny Grey (14-8, 4.28 ERA in 2025) will face Reds RHP Brady Singer (14-12, 4.03 ERA in 2025) on Saturday.
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