RED SOX POSTCAST: Plenty of 2-Out Magic Supports Crochet; Win Streak Reaches 7 Straight

The Red Sox (64-51) clinched a series win over the Kansas City Royals and ran their current win streak to 7 in a row with a 6-2 victory Tuesday night at Fenway Park. With the win, the Sox improved to a season- high 13 games over .500. The Sox have won 10 of 12 overall and are 14-1 over their last 15 at Fenway. Jordan Hicks worked a scoreless 9th to close the win. 

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Crochet Day: Garrett Crochet won his 13th game of the season and his 2nd versus the Royals in 2025 with another impressive outing Tuesday night. Crochet gave 2 earned runs on 4 hits over 7.0 strong innings. He walked 1 and stuck out 8, including the final 2 batters that he faced in the 7th. Crochet has won 9 straight decisions, and the team is now 16-7 in his 23 starts. Crochet's last loss came on the road at Milwaukee on May 26. The Sox are now 10-1 in his last 11 starts. Crochet also worked into the 7th inning for the 11th time this season.

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Sox at the Dish: The Red Sox got on the board first with Jarren Duran knocking in Romy Gonzalez with a 2-out, RBI Double in the 3rd Inning. The Sox came up with some more 2-oout Magic in the 6th. Alex Bregman walked 2 outs and went 1st to 3rd on a Double from Wilyer Abreu. Trevor Story then broke a 1-1 tie with a 2-run Single. Story extended his hit streak to 7 in a row (12 Hits. 4 2B. 3 HR. 10 RBIs).

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At-Bat of the Game: Trevor Story's 2-out, 2-run single in the 6th broke a 1-1 tie and the Sox never trailed again.

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#'s of the DAY:

--The Sox are 4-1 against the Royals with 1 more to go in the season series and the Sox have gotten quality from the starting pitch in all 5 meetings.

--All 6 runs in Tuesday night's win came with 2 outs. The Sox have scored 11 of their 14 runs in the series with 2 outs in an inning against Royals pitching.

--The Sox have won 8 of Last 10 Series and have won 7 straight home series.

--The Sox record fell to 16-16 at Fenway after a loss to the Angels on June 3. The Sox have won 14 of their last 15 & are 23-5 over their last 28 at home.

--The Red Sox collected 2 extra-base hit (21 2B) in Tuesday's win and now have (138) Extra-Base Hits over their last (32) Games.

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What's On Tap?: Dustin May is set to make his Boston debut in the series finale Wednesday night, and he'll go against Michael Wacha. May's last outing was on Sunday, July 27 at Fenway when he took the loss for the Dodgers. He'll have 8 full days between starts. After Wednesday's finale, the Sox go on the road for 6 in row with 3 in San Diego against the Padres and 3 in Houston with the Astros (August 12-14).

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