Twins hammer Red Sox ace Garrett Crochet for 11 runs and 9 hits in 1 2/3 innings

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Boston Red Sox ace Garrett Crochet was battered by the Minnesota Twins for 11 runs — 10 earned — and nine hits in 1 2/3 innings Monday night.

Crochet, a two-time All-Star who finished second in AL Cy Young Award voting last season, became the first Red Sox pitcher to allow 10 runs in less than two innings.

“My command, as a whole, has been spotty," Crochet said following a 13-6 loss. “I've gotten away with it a little this early in the year, but tonight they made me pay. It was weak contact, hard contact, walks, hit by pitch — a little bit of everything."

The 26-year-old left-hander gave up four runs, three earned, in a 31-pitch first inning. Minnesota scored seven more in the second before Crochet was removed with two outs and Boston trailing 11-0.

“I don’t really have one thing to point to,” Crochet said. “I feel like I had a good approach. It was all pitch types that I felt like they were absolutely smothering."

Victor Caratini hit his first home run for the Twins in the second, a three-run drive off the facing of the third deck in left field. Light-hitting infielder Ryan Kreidler ended Crochet's night with his third career home run, a solo shot into the second deck in left.

“As a manager, it’s hard to watch. It was kind of like, OK, when are we going to take him out, you know?” Red Sox manager Alex Cora said. “At the same time, you still have to cover innings and keep the bullpen quote-unquote fresh, knowing that there’s two more games in the series.”

Crochet walked three, hit a batter with a pitch and failed to record a strikeout for the first time in 68 career starts. His season ERA climbed to 7.58 after he entered 2-1 with a 3.12 ERA through three starts.

“I'm just going to flush it as best I can and move on to the next one,” Crochet said. “They had a good approach.”

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Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Garrett Crochet (35) delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins Monday, April 13, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Garrett Crochet (35) winds up to deliver during the first inning of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins Monday, April 13, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Garrett Crochet (35) stands in the mound as Minnesota Twins' Ryan Kreidler (5) runs the bases after hitting a solo home run during the second inning of a baseball game Monday, April 13, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Boston Red Sox starter Garrett Crochet, front right, hands the ball to manager Alex Cora (13) for a pitching change during the second inning of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins, Monday, April 13, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney secured a majority government with special election wins Monday night, allowing his Liberals to pass legislation without the support of opposition parties.

Voters cast ballots for three vacant seats of the 343 districts represented in Parliament. In Toronto, Liberal candidate Danielle Martin won the election for the district of University Rosedale and Liberal Doly Begum won the district of Scarborough Southwest. The result for a Quebec district was expected later.

The Liberal Party could stay in power until 2029 after Monday’s results.

Carney won Canada’s election last year, fueled by public anger over U.S. President Donald Trump’s annexation threats, and he has vowed to reduce Canada’s reliance on the U.S.

Since then, five defections from opposition parties, including four from the main opposition Conservative party, put Carney’s Liberals on the cusp of the majority.

One of those defectors referenced Carney’s speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, as helping in his decision. In that speech, Carney condemned economic coercion by great powers against smaller countries and received widespread praise for his remarks.

Carney, the former head of the Bank of England as well as Canada’s central bank, has moved the Liberals to the center-right since replacing Justin Trudeau as prime minister in 2025.

Carney congratulated Martin and Begum in social media posts but did not comment on winning a majority.

“As of tonight, Mark Carney and our entire incredible Liberal team have earned an even more powerful mandate to continue building a better Canada,” Martin said.

Daniel Béland, a political-science professor at McGill University in Montreal, said the Liberals also had a shot at winning the Quebec seat.

Béland said the deterioration of Canada-U.S. relations under the second Trump presidency has convinced many Canadians, including people who do not identify as Liberal, to rally behind the prime minister.

“Mark Carney entered the political arena about 15 months ago, but he is proving himself to be an astute politician," Béland said. "He remains popular nearly a year after leading his party to victory in late April 2025 and, with the help of a series of floor-crossings, he is now at the helm of a majority government that provides more stability and greater capacity to move forward with his economic and policy agenda.”

The Liberal majority and the recent defections are another blow to Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre, who lost the previous national election last year and even his own seat. He has since rejoined Parliament.

Poilievre won a party leadership review earlier this year, but continues to have problems controlling his lawmakers.

Poilievre said in a social media post Monday night that he “will continue to lead that fight every day and in every way in Parliament, across the country and in the next election, when Canadians will reclaim the country we know and love.”

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks at the Liberal national convention in Montreal, Saturday, April 11, 2026. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press via AP)