Kutter Crawford pitched a career-high seven innings, Connor Wong had three hits and the Boston Red Sox beat the San Francisco Giants 6-2 on Wednesday night. Crawford (2-1) allowed two runs on four hits — including a home run — and two walks with six strikeouts as the Red Sox won their fourth straight. “That was good,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora said of Crawford's outing.
Alex Cora kept insisting throughout spring training that starting pitching would be a strength of the Boston Red Sox. The Red Sox did not have an ace in their rotation after trading oft-injured left-hander Chris Sale to the Atlanta Braves during the offseason. Boston had a rotation filled with pitchers who had yet to establish themselves as consistent winners in the major leagues.
First pitch will be just after 4 p.m. Let's get into it. Lineups RED SOX (11-10): Duran CF, Abreu LF, Refsnyder RF, Casas 1B, Yoshida DH, Dalbec 3B, Valdez 2B, McGuire C, Rafaela SS Advertisement Pitching: RHP Kutter Crawford (0-0, 0.42 ERA) PIRATES (11-9): Olivares DH, Reynolds RF, Hayes 3B, Suwinski LF, Bart C, Tellez 1B, Triolo 2B, Cruz SS, Taylor CF Pitching: RHP Mitch Keller (2-1, 4.50 ERA) Get 108 Stitches Receive the Globe's best reporting and commentary on the Red Sox every weekday. Enter Email Sign Up Time: 4:05 p.m. TV, radio: NESN, WEEI-FM 93.7 Red Sox vs. Keller: Triston Casas 1-3, Rafael Devers 0-4, Jarren Duran 0-1, Reese McGuire 0-2, Connor Wong 0-2, Masataka Yoshida 0-3 Pirates
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44 | P | |
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31 | P | |
89 | P | |
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25 | P |
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32 | C | |
3 | C | |
12 | C |
No | Player | P |
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36 | 3B | |
28 | 1B | |
11 | 3B | |
23 | SS | |
5 | SS | |
70 | SS | |
18 | 3B | |
2 | 1B | |
10 | SS |
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52 | RF | |
16 | LF | |
17 | RF | |
43 | CF | |
30 | RF | |
7 | LF |