“You could see it in his eyes before the game that he wanted it bad,” Boston’s Alex Bregman said of Crochet. The Game 1 winner advanced in all 12 previous Wild Card Series, 10 in sweeps. “Hopefully we can continue that,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora said. Crochet threw the most pitches in a postseason game since Washington’s Stephen Strasburg tossed 117 against St. Louis in 2019. Up nextYankees LHP Carlos Rodón (18-9, 3.09 ERA) and Red Sox RHP Brayan Bello (11-9, 3.35) start Wednesday.