The Red Sox left the field at Fenway Park with a 11-7 win over the Guardians, while ace Garrett Crochet currently sits atop the big leagues in both innings pitched (178.1) and strikeouts (218).

But, the southpaw didn’t want to entertain any comments about his individual accomplishments on Tuesday — not on a night where the Red Sox’s top pitcher was uncharacteristically mortal on the mound.

“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.”

Crochet was largely as advertised through the first five innings of Boston’s matchup against Cleveland — allowing just two hits and one run (a solo shot from Jhonkensy Noel) while only throwing 56 pitches.

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