Red Sox Fall to the Phillies 4-1

Former Red Sox Kyle Schwarber wasted no time, hitting the 1st pitch he saw Tuesday night for a solo home run and hit another solo homer in the 5th inning to lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a 4-1 win over the Boston Red Sox.

Kutter Crawford went 6.0 innings for the Red Sox and allowed 6 hits, and 4 runs, although just 2 were earned. He struck out 8 and walked 1.

The Red Sox made 2 more errors in the game, and have now committed 12 errors in their last 11 games, after making just 1 in their previous 10. The Red Sox are 11-22 when making at least 1 error in a game, and 22-12 when making no errors.

David Hamilton was 2-4 with a double. Jarren Duran was 1-4 and Connor Wong was 1-3.

Boston only managed 4 hits in the game.

Zach Wheeler picked up his 8th win for the Phillies, going 7.0 inning and allowing 3 hits and 1 run. He struck out 4 and walked 1.

Prior to the game the Red Sox activated Masataka Yoshida from the injured list. He went 0-2 in the game.

Boston and Philadelphia will play game 2 of the 3-game series on Wednesday night. The pregame begins at 6:10 p.m. with the 1st pitch at 7:10 on AM 1370 WDEA