Garrett Crochet led the major leagues with 178.1 innings pitched and 218 strikeouts entering the game. He allowed two hits and one run through five innings before a disastrous sixth inning produced six runs, six hits and three home runs on 26 pitches. The start ended with nine hits, four home runs and seven runs allowed, tying career highs, and concluded after six innings and 82 pitches. His ERA rose from 2.40 to 2.67. The rough inning resulted from missed location and Cleveland's strong swings rather than diminished velocity. The outing affected the AL Cy Young race with Tarik Skubal.
"I wish that they could have picked me up after giving up like one run."
"I did that tonight, so that's cool," Crochet said of taking the lead in strikeouts. "But I also kind of sucked tonight. So that blows. Just gotta not let my mind focus on that sort of thing."
"Felt like it was going really good until it wasn't," Crochet said postgame. "Couple bad pitches. But it is what it is. Gotta move on. This interview looked a lot different 45 minutes
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