Overview
- Crochet, starting Thursday in Cincinnati, threw six scoreless innings with eight strikeouts in a 3-0 win.
- He answered a rough spring in which he posted a 7.36 ERA with only eight strikeouts over 14 2/3 innings.
- He said the new splitter he tried this offseason is still a work in progress and he leaned on last year’s changeup, according to a Red Sox beat reporter.
- The 26-year-old became the first pitcher in the modern era to start Opening Day in each of his first three seasons as a starter.
- Cincinnati marked its 150th home Opening Day with a packed parade estimated at about 130,000 people, and Crochet called the atmosphere the coolest he has experienced.