


Heroes and zeros from the Yankees’ disappointing, 3-1, Game 1 loss to the Red Sox in their wild-card series in The Bronx on Tuesday.
Which stat is more startling: Garrett Crochet throwing 117 pitches or the Red Sox star throwing his fastest pitch of the night and tied for his fastest of the season — 100.2 mph — on that 117th pitch? Crochet was everything Boston hoped for in silencing the high-powered Yankees lineup in 7 ²/₃ innings in which he struck out 11.
Entering with a 1-0 edge in the seventh inning of a well-pitched game, Luke Weaver lost the lead, momentum and the home crowd within an eyeblink.
Taking the ball from Crochet, Aroldis Chapman, the former Yankees flamethrower, escaped the eighth and a bases-loaded jam in the ninth.
Yankees batters with runners in scoring position.
“We are going to show up tomorrow, and I expect us to do pretty well.” — Aaron Boone