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Red Sox’s Kutter Crawford makes unfortunate history despite picking up win over Rangers.
The Boston Red Sox pulled out a big victory over the defending World Series champion Texas Rangers on Friday. Despite getting the win, Red Sox’s starting pitcher Kutter Crawford made some ignoble MLB history during the game.
Crawford surrendered four home runs to the Rangers in 5.1 innings pitched in his latest start. That helped the pitcher set a new record as he’s allowed 12 home runs over his last three starts, per USA Today’s Bob Nightengale on X.
In a start against the Los Angeles Dodgers on July 21, Crawford gave up five home runs in five innings. In his next trip to the mound on July 27 he allowed three homers to the New York Yankees in 4.2 innings. And now, in his most recent start, the Rangers went deep off of Crawford four more times. That’s an incredible 12 home runs in just 15 innings pitched over three starts.
While the Red Sox’s offense had Crawford’s back in his most recent homer-filled outing, the team is just 1-2 over the pitcher’s three historic starts. And it’s not exactly as if the Red Sox’s bats have gone quiet with Crawford on the bump. Boston’s offense has scored 25 runs in the pitchers’ last three outings, including eight runs against the Yankees in an extra-innings loss.
The 28-year-old righty is now 7-8 on the season. Despite his propensity for giving up the long ball, Crawford has produced a very reasonable 3.81 ERA on the season along with a 1.089 WHIP, 8.6 K/9 and an ERA+ of 115. He’s up to 2.1 WAR in 127.2 innings this year.
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