Garrett Crochet has paid immediate dividends since signing a six-year, $170 million contract extension this season.
Crochet, 25, is 2-1 with a 1.38 ERA and an 0.88 WHIP. He’s scheduled to start Saturday’s matchup against his former team, the Chicago White Sox, who traded Crochet to Boston last winter for four prospects.
His last start came against the White Sox last Sunday. Crochet was throwing a no-hitter until Chase Meidroth — one of the four prospects Boston sent to Chicago for Crochet — singled with one out in the eighth inning.
Saturday’s game will be Crochet’s second career appearance against the White Sox, who lost 10-3 to Boston on Friday night.
Shane Smith is scheduled to make the second appearance of his career against the Red Sox. Smith pitched for Governor’s Academy in Byfield and was born in Danvers.
First pitch is at 4:10 p.m., and it’s looking like a sunny forecast at Fenway Park. Here’s your preview.
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WHITE SOX (4-15): TBA
Pitching: RHP Shane Smith (0-1, 2.04 ERA)
RED SOX (11-10): TBA
Pitching: LHP Garrett Crochet (2-1, 1.38 ERA)
Time: 4:10 p.m.
TV, radio: NESN, WEEI-FM 93.7
White Sox vs. Crochet: Jake Amaya 0-2, Brooks Baldwin 0-1, Andrew Benintendi 1-2, Chase Meidroth 1-3, Luis Robert Jr. 0-3, Lenyn Sosa 0-3, Michael A. Taylor 1-4, Matt Thaiss 0-3, Miguel Vargas 1-5, Andrew Vaughn 0-3
Red Sox vs. Smith: Wilyer Abreu 0-2, Alex Bregman 2-3, Kristian Campbell 0-2, Triston Casas 0-2, Rafael Devers 0-3, Jarren Duran 1-3, Carlos Narváez 0-2, Ceddanne Rafaela 0-2, Trevor Story 2-3
Stat of the day: The White Sox have been outscored 36-8 during their current five-game losing streak.
Notes: Boston’s victory on Friday came in the first matchup in a four-game series. Trevor Story hit a pair of three-run homers, and the Red Sox went deep four times in the game. … Crochet allowed one run on one hit and struck out 11 in Boston’s 3-1 win over the White Sox on Sunday. That victory allowed the Red Sox to avoid a three-game sweep against a team that lost 121 games last season. … Chicago has lost five games in a row and is 0-7 on the road this season. … Crochet’s near no-hitter overshadowed the performance turned in by White Sox starter Shane Smith last Sunday. Smith, a righty, limited Boston to two runs on five hits in six innings of that 3-1 loss. He struck out three and walked two.
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