Coming into this series at home against the Boston Red Sox, there was reason for the Atlanta Braves to feel optimistic. It wasn’t all that long ago when the Braves went up to Fenway Park and took two out of three against the Red Sox in their ballpark.

Garrett Crochet put up a clinic, allowing just one earned run in seven innings of work in a 3-1 win for the Red Sox that improves them to 29-32 on the year.

“He was like, ‘Woah, that’s a new one.’ And we needed that.”