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By Drew VonScio
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After throwing 117 pitches in Game 1 of the Wild Card Series, Garrett Crochet had done everything he could to put the Boston Red Sox in a strong position to win the series.
In the end, his performance became a sidebar of the main storyline. Now, the Red Sox will be watching the rest of the playoffs from home as the New York Yankees take on the Toronto Blue Jays starting Saturday.
Crochet is still stunned by how it all went down.
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"The season coming to an end when you don’t expect it to kind of slaps you in the face," Crochet told Tim Healey of the Boston Globe.
The Red Sox knew the series wasn't going to be easy against the Yankees. The Bronx Bombers are a very good team, but these two foes always step up a notch when playing each other. However, Boston had two chances to close out the series after winning Tuesday night and couldn't do so.
You can say what you want about things possibly being different if the Red Sox had Lucas Giolito available to pitch Game 3. In the same breath, you can make a similar statement about things very different if Gerrit Cole didn't watch the entirety of the season from the dugout.
Now, Boston's clubhouse will have to learn from their mistakes.
"Remember this feeling because it sucks," Alex Bregman told ESPN via The Associated Press. "You don't want to feel it."
Crochet and the Red Sox who stick around next year will have a sour taste in their mouths, and that alone should motivate them to perform better and avoid a similar fate next season.
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