RED SOX POSTCAST: Bullpen Blows Lead, Bats Go Silent & Sox Drop Series Finale

The Red Sox dropped the series finale, 5-4, to the Minnesota Twins Sunday afternoon at Fenway Park. The Red Sox lost 2 of 3 to the Twins and have lost 4 of 5 and are .500 (18-18) thru their 1st 36 games. The Red Sox had just 2 hits and 3 base runners from the 4th Inning on. ----- Crochet Day: The Red Sox handed the ball to Garrett Crochet for the start in the series finale on Sunday. Crochet gave up a Home Run on the 1st pitch of the game to Byron Buxton and did not allow another run over his 5 Innings. Crochet walked the 1st 2 hitters to start the 5th but came back to retire the next 3 hitters and he departed with a 3-1 lead. He ended up with a no-decision. Crochet walked 2, struck out 6 in making his 5th start this season with the Red Sox coming off a loss in the previous game. Crochet has allowed 2 earned runs or less in 7 of his 8 starts. With Sunday's loss, the Red Sox dropped to (5-3) in Crochet's 8 starts. ----- Pen Didn't Get It Done: Garrett Whitlock could not hold the lead coming out of the bullpen on Sunday. Whitlock gave up 2 runs with 2 outs in the 7th Inning. Justin Slaten allowed 2 runs with 2 outs in the 8th to allow the Twins to go in front. ----- #'s of the Day: Sunday's game is the Red Sox 9thh game over last 15 decided by 3 runs or less. The Red Sox are now 4-9 in 1-run games. The Red Sox are now (5-13) on the season in games where their opponent scores 1st. Each of the Red Sox last 7 losses have been by 3 runs or less...5 of their last 6 losses have been decided by just 1 run. Boston's last 4 losses by 5 total runs. ----- Casas to the IL: Tristan Casas was played on the Injured List on Saturday with a Left patellar tendon rupture. Casas suffered the injury in Friday's series opener when he was running down the 1st-base line in the 2nd Inning. Casas reached on a fielding error by pitcher Joe Ryan but crumbled to the ground past the 1st-base bag and had to be carted off the field. Abraham Toro was added to the Red Sox 40-man roster on Saturday and promoted from Triple-A Worcester. Toro, 28, signed with the Red Sox organization in January. The switch-hitter has played for the Astros, Mariners, Brewers and Athletics over 6 seasons. ----- What's On Tap?: The Red Sox have a scheduled day off on Monday and open up a 3-game series with the Texas Rangers Tuesday night. The Red Sox opened up the season in Arlington and lost 3 of 4 to the Rangers in March and scored 6 total runs in the 3 losses during that series. ----- LOCKED ON RED SOX POSTCAST- Join us all season long as we go live within minutes of the last out with our latest Locked On Red Sox POSTCAST. We are part of the Locked On Red Sox YouTube Page. Locked On Red Sox - YouTube ----- Your Daily Assignment: Let's see if we can get this going! 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