Boston Red Sox at Cincinnati Reds

· Major League Baseball

Boston Red Sox

1-0, 1-0 Away

Final
3 - 0

Cincinnati Reds

0-1, 0-1 Home

Garrett Crochet throws 6 shutout innings as Red Sox defeat Reds 3-0

Boston Red Sox vs. Cincinnati Reds: Game Highlights

Roman Anthony had three hits for the Red Sox, who had their 11th opening day shutout — with all but one on the road.

It's the ninth time the Reds have been blanked in an opener and the first since 2018. Rookie first baseman Sal Stewart had three of Cincinnati's four hits, including a pair of doubles.

Crochet (1-0) became the first pitcher to start on opening day in each of his first three seasons as a starter, according to MLB. The left-hander struck out six and walked two en route to his first victory in an opener.

Crochet allowed only one hit the first five innings before running into some trouble in the sixth. Matt McLain drew a walk with one out and singles by Elly de la Cruz and Stewart loaded the bases.

The left-hander struck out Eugenio Suárez and Spencer Steer to get out of the inning.

Former Reds closer Aroldis Chapman retired the side in the ninth for the save.

Andrew Abbott, the first lefty to start a Reds opener since 1998, matched Crochet with six shutout innings and struck out four.

Rafaela lined Pierce Johnson's fastball up the middle to drive in Marcelo Mayer. Mayer came on as a pinch-hitter in the seventh and drove a double to the warning track in left center off Johnson (0-1) that was just beyond the outstretched glove of Reds center fielder TJ Friedl.

Mayer advanced to third on Carlos Narváez's sacrifice bunt before scoring on Rafaela's second single of the game.

Boston added a pair of runs in the ninth on RBI singles by Trevor Story and Jaren Duran.

Up next Red Sox RHP Sonny Gray (14-8, 4.28 ERA in 2025) will face Reds RHP Brady Singer (14-12, 4.03 ERA in 2025) on Saturday.

This story corrects that Crochet is a left-hander instead of a right-hander.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Myers flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Myers hit for Benson
	9th Inning	Stephenson flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Steer flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Chapman relieved Whitlock
	9th Inning	Contreras fouled out to catcher.

Statistics

BOS		CIN
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
16	Ground Balls	5
7	Strikeouts	12
3	Runs Batted In	0
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
12	Hits	4
1	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	0
2	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
36	At Bats	32
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
20	Runners Left On Base	17
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
14	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	0
131	Pitches	126
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	2
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
13	Total Bases	6
40	Plate Appearances	35
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	2
4.8	Runs Created	0.7
.333	Batting Average	.125
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.361	Slugging Percentage	.188
.139	Secondary Average	.156
.385	On Base Percentage	.200
.746	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.388
1.1	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.3
4.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	0.7
27.0	Batter Rating	8.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.28	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.60
.028	Isolated Power	.063
0.43	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.25
.075	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.086
-.194	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.031
6.0	Runs Produced	0.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.2
83.5	MLB Rating	59.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0