The Red Sox gave up four top prospects to get Garrett Crochet, then locked him for six years and $170 million and don’t regret either commitment for a moment. Crochet has been everything for which the Sox could have possibly hoped — as his 1.98 ERA and 1.061 WHIP prior to Saturday night’s start attests.

The 21-year-old Anthony stepped to the plate in the bottom of the eighth inning, his Triple-A Worcester Red Sox up 5-4 with the bases loaded against the Rochester Red Wings (Washington Nationals affiliate).

The Red Sox, meanwhile, have struggled this season, entering Saturday night with a 30-35 record and losers in three of their last 10 games. On the season, Boston is 17-16 at Fenway Park and 13-19 away from home. The Red Sox are fifth in the AL East, only ahead of the 25-37 Baltimore Orioles.

The Red Sox rookie said pitching against the Yankees "has been always kind of one of those starts that I’ve had circled on my calendar."

NEW YORK — The Yankees figured they’d have their hands full Saturday night facing new Red Sox new ace Garrett Crochet. The left-hander was good last season pitching for the 121-loss White Sox and mostly has been sensational since his winter trade to Beantown.

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Garrett Crochet entered the storied Red Sox-Yankees rivalry by giving the visitors a commodity that has been lacking of late from the starting rotation: innings. The power lefty wasn’t at his best, bu

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After rushing back from an injury, Richard Fitts endured his worst outing as a big leaguer on June 2 and was optioned to Triple-A Worcester a day later. Now, he's working on getting back to Boston.