Locked On Red Sox

The Red Sox (39-37) avoided a 2nd straight loss and took the series finale with a 3-1 win over the Mariners Wednesday afternoon at T-Mobile Park in Seattle. The Sox have won 4 straight series and 5 of their last 6 series. The Sox have also won 7 of 8, 9 of 11 and 10 of 13. Marcelo Mayer and Trevor Story both homered in the win. Greg Weissert got a game-ending double play to end it and he notched his 3rd save of the season. -----Crochet Day: Garrett Crochet made a start for the 11th time this season after a Red Sox loss in prior game and picked up his 7th win in Wednesday's series finale. Crochet gave up 1 earned run on 6 hits over 6 Innings of work. He walked no one and struck out 8.  The Red Sox are 4-0 in his last 4 outings. Crochet has turned in 14 Starts this season where he's allowed 2 Earned Runs or less.  -----Sox Pen: Garrett Crochet, Aroldis Chapman and Greg Weissert.  With the top 3 hitters due up for the Mariners in the 8th, Alex Cora used Aroldis Chapman, and he worked a 1-2-3 inning with 2 ground