Crochet after win: No regrets on HR pitch to Judge

BOSTON -- The Red Sox person had a accidental successful games whenever Garrett Crochet has been connected the mound this season.

And with the objection of 1 transportation successful Friday night's 2-1, extra-inning triumph implicit the Yankees, helium again proved to beryllium the antidote to slugger Aaron Judge.

Crochet held New York scoreless implicit a career-high 8 1/3 innings, striking retired the Yankees slugger 3 times portion holding the remainder of New York's lineup to 4 hits with 7 full Ks.

But with Boston clinging to a 1-0 pb and Crochet backmost connected the elevation to effort to decorativeness the crippled successful the ninth, his 4th clip facing Judge proved costly. Crochet took him to a afloat number but fto his 99 mph fastball dip down successful the onslaught portion -- Judge's saccharine spot. He jumped connected it, blasting it 443 feet implicit the Green Monster and retired of Fenway Park to necktie the game. It was his 2nd vocation game-tying location tally successful the ninth inning oregon later.

"I'm going to unrecorded and dice with my champion pitch," Crochet said afterward. "Whether it beryllium transportation enactment oregon execution, pugnacious mode to extremity it. But overall, I felt truly bully tonight."

Added Judge: "He's an unthinkable pitcher. That's wherefore they traded for him. He works some sides of the sheet [and] has overpowering stuff. I was trying to get connected basal to commencement a rally, and I was blessed to necktie it."

It helped that Crochet's spouse passim the crippled -- catcher and erstwhile Yankee Carlos Narvaez -- helped enactment a blessed look connected the nighttime erstwhile helium ended the crippled with a walk-off azygous successful the 10th. : It was his archetypal vocation walk-off hit, and helium became the archetypal rookie with 1 successful the bid rivalry since Josh Reddick successful 2011

Crochet didn't get the victory, but Narvaez said it didn't diminish his masterful nighttime connected the mound.

For the season, Judge is conscionable 1 for 7 with six strikeouts against Crochet.

"Crochet was awesome," Narvaez said. "He made a mistake a small bit. But that was a 100 mph fastball. That was impressive. ... Probably the champion pitcher present against the champion hitter successful baseball."

Red Sox manager Alex Cora said helium has nary regrets leaving Crochet successful the game.

"That wasn't fun. But our feline was throwing great," Cora said. "He was businesslike toward the end. We gave him a shot. It didn't enactment out. That's wherefore (Judge) is who helium is. One of the champion successful world, and helium got 1 transportation down and helium deed it retired of the ballpark. You extremity your hat."

Though helium acknowledged he'd astir apt suffer slumber implicit Judge's past at-bat, Crochet was arrogant of his wide outing.

"It was a peculiar feeling jogging backmost retired there. Standing (ovation). I could archer the fans wanted maine retired there," Crochet said. "I already wanted to beryllium retired determination beauteous bad. But it made it mean a small spot more. It made maine drawback a small spot much successful that inning. I privation I could person finished it out. ... If my nighttime had to extremity determination from a location tally I'm astatine slightest gladsome that it was connected a fastball."

Information from ESPN Research and The Associated Press was utilized successful this report.