Cue Bob Lobel and his panic button because Boston Red Sox ace Garrett Crochet looked quite mortal Tuesday against the Cleveland Guardians.

The left-hander gave up a season-high seven earned runs in six innings of work in the Red Sox’s 11-7 win at Fenway Park.

Perhaps most alarming are the four home runs Crochet gave up, including three in the sixth inning. The four home runs equals the amount of long balls the southpaw surrendered in his five August starts.

But the 26-year-old downplayed his problems after the game.

“I’ve given up my fair share of solos this year, last year, years prior to that,” Crochet said of the home runs, according to The Athletic’s Jen McCaffrey . “It kind of is what it is. For me, it’s limiting the multiple-run homers, which obviously I didn’t do tonight.

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