Garrett Crochet has been one of the best pitchers in baseball all season, but coming off a bizarre outing in which he allowed a season-worst seven runs, it was fair to wonder if the Red Sox ace was starting to run out of gas.

The big lefty dispelled any such concerns on Monday in Sacramento.

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Crochet looked every bit his usual dominant self, shutting down the Athletics to help lead the Red Sox to a 7-0 win. The left-hander struck out 10 over seven scoreless innings, and the offense put together its most complete performance in nearly a week to make sure things were never in doubt.

“He wound out there against a tough lineup and pounded the strike zone, had good stuff and gave us more than enough,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora told reporters postgame.

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