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Red Sox Ace Becomes Latest Victim Of Bizarre Target Field Trend originally appeared on NESN. Add NESN as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
Boston Red Sox ace Garrett Crochet had a brutal night at Target Field on Monday, enduring the worst start of his career.
The reigning AL Cy Young runner-up didn't look like himself at all, allowing 11 runs (10 earned) on nine hits and three walks in the Red Sox's 13-6 loss to the Minnesota Twins. He also yielded two home runs, did not strike anyone out and lasted just 1 2/3 innings. Of his 55 pitches, only 30 went for strikes.
Weirdly, Crochet isn't the only elite American League lefty who's had a tough time at Target Field lately.
Last week, Tarik Skubal and Framber Valdez both got shelled there as well during the Twins' four-game sweep of the Detroit Tigers.
Skubal, the two-time defending AL Cy Young winner, had his worst start of the season in last Monday's series opener. He allowed four runs on eight hits and two walks in 4 2/3 innings -- all season-worsts for him -- in the Tigers' 4-2 loss.
The following day, Valdez was lit up in Detroit's 8-6 loss, getting torched for eight runs on 10 hits and two walks in five innings -- all season worsts for him as well in his first loss of the year.
Crochet, Skubal and Valdez are all two-time All-Stars who rank among the best pitchers in baseball, so it was surprising to see them all get tuned up at the same park during an eight-day span. Perhaps it's just a coincidence, or maybe Minnesota is seeing the ball really well there against lefties for some reason.
Either way, Crochet shouldn't feel too bad about Monday's poor outing.
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