Red Sox rally off Yankees’ bullpen, capture Game 1

Garrett Crochet struck out 11 in 7 2/3 outstanding innings and the Boston Red Sox went ahead after getting Max Fried out of the game and opened their American League wildcard series with a 3-1 victory over the New York Yankees on Tuesday.

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Boston grabbed the advantage in the best-of-three series on Masataka Yoshida’s pinch-hit, two-run single in the seventh inning and Alex Bregman’s RBI double in the ninth. Carlos Rodon starts for the Yankees against Brayan Bello on Wednesday.

Crochet (1-0) allowed four hits in his first career postseason start after making four relief appearances for the Chicago White Sox in the 2020 and 2021 playoffs. He walked none and retired 17 straight at one point.

“Every time he takes the mound, we feel like we have a chance to win,” Bregman said of Crochet. “He competes his tail off. Thought that he was executing all of his pitches tonight to both sides of the plate.”

After getting the first two outs of the second inning, Crochet gave up a homer to Anthony Volpe that gave the Yankees a 1-0 lead.