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How Garrett Crochet made seemingly impossible MLB history for Red Sox in WIld Card loss
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The Boston Red Sox were eliminated from the MLB postseason after getting swept embarrassingly by the AL East rival New York Yankees in the AL Wild Card Series.
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During this series loss, the Red Sox saw Garrett Crochet make some MLB history- just not the kind of history anyone wants to set.
The Athletic's Jayson Stark revealed how Crochet made some seemingly impossible history in the Wild Card loss, with Crochet getting one strikeout but not recording a single out in a brutal outing coming out of the bullpen.
How Garrett Crochet made seemingly impossible MLB history
"Crochet became the only pitcher in postseason history to have an outing with: One strikeout, But... No outs!" Stark shared.
In Game 2 of the AL Wild Card round in the Red Sox vs. Yankees series, Crochet came into the game out of the bullpen and had a brutal outing.
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Crochet went 0.0 innings of work, allowing three hits and four runs while walking no batters but getting one strikeout.
The issue for Crochet is that his strikeout of Spencer Jones didn't actually result in an out. He struck him out, but on a wild pitch that went past the catcher, letting Jones scamper to first base and reach safely.
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That kick-started a disastrous inning, featuring multiple hits, misplays, and eventually Garrett Whitlock coming into the game to take over for Crochet, before he, too, had a blowup outing.
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When it was all said and done, the Yankees scored six runs in the inning, capped off by a Cody Bellinger grand slam to blow the game wide open, effectively ending the Red Sox's season.
Thanks to Crochet's poor outing, the Red Sox were eliminated. But his poor outing might've been a clean inning had the first batter he faced not resulted in a strikeout turning into a base runner.
There has not been a pitcher in MLB postseason history to get a strikeout but not record an out in that same appearance. Crochet's line is one-of-a-kind, and it might never happen again in the history of Major League Baseball.
