Red Sox ace Garrett Crochet’s no-hitter ended by prospect he was traded for (2025)

CHICAGO — Garrett Crochet showed why the Red Sox traded for him and Chase Meidroth showed why the White Sox wanted him as part of the blockbuster deal the teams made in December.

Crochet looked every bit the ace on Sunday afternoon against his former team, taking a no-hitter into the eighth inning. But Meidroth, who was playing in just his third major league game since being called up Friday, singled with one out in the eighth to end Crochet’s bid and his game.

It was a cosmic moment for two players on the opposite ends of one of baseball’s big winter trades.

“I thought that was pretty funny, too,” said Crochet. “I don’t really have anything to say about it. He put a good swing on the ball.”

Crochet’s no-hit bid of 7 ⅓ innings was the longest by a Red Sox starter since Eduardo Rodriguez went 7 ⅔ no-hit frames on September 4, 2016 in Oakland. He struck out 11 batters and departed having thrown 96 pitches (65 strikes). His last pitch was a cutter to Meidroth that the 23-year-old turned around at 91.5 mph past the glove of the diving Trevor Story.

“That’s actually the spot I want to throw the cutter so I’m OK with it,” Crochet said. “Looking back at the swing, I think I did fool him a little bit. He’s a good bat-to-ball guy. Doesn’t swing and miss a ton. I got him with a sweeper in the second at-bat so I didn’t really love the idea of going back to the sweeper. Just playing the sinker game all day with him, I thought the cutter was the pitch to go to. He put a good swing on it, though.”

Crochet left with the Red Sox leading 2-0. Garrett Whitlock took over and gave up back-to-back singles to end the shutout bid as well. But he stranded two runners to get out of the inning up 2-1. The Red Sox then got some much-needed breathing room in the ninth when Trevor Story hit the club’s first homer in a week — good for his third RBI of the day. Boston won, 3-1, to avoid a sweep at Rate Field.

Meidroth, 23, started at second base. He was one of the four players the Red Sox sent to Chicago in December. A fourth-round pick in 2022, Meidroth was sent to Chicago along with Kyle Teel, Braden Montgomery and Wikelman Gonzalez in return for Crochet. Meidroth is the first of the four to debut.

“Two organizations in different stages,” said manager Alex Cora. “They’ve got some good players over there. And obviously, we’ve got an ace.”

In his first big league series, Meidroth was 3-for-7 with three walks. His final hit Sunday was a big one, even in a White Sox loss.

“Sadly, I was very aware of the no-hitter since the first inning, since the first batter,” Crochet said. “That’s who I am, I suppose. A blessing and a curse.”