How Red Sox's Garrett Crochet Explained Blow-Up Start Against Twins originally appeared on NESN. Add NESN as a Preferred Source by clicking here.Garrett Crochet tried to make sense of Monday's nightmarish outing.The Boston Red Sox ace got shelled for 11 runs (10 earned) in a jarring 13-6 loss to the Minnesota Twins. Crochet had allowed 13 combined runs over his prior eight starts dating back to last year, playoffs included.Crochet tried to explain what wrong against the Twins, per MassLive's Chris Cotillo.

While he doesn't think he was tipping his pitches, he believes the opposition guessed his plan."What I think happened is that they scouted the same way that I do and looked at what pitches they don’t slug against, as far as from a fastball standpoint: is it the sinker, the four-seamer or the cutter? Then they were ready for that pitch," Crochet said on Friday. "It happened so fast that I was never able to even realize, ‘Hey, maybe this is what they’re doing here.’ It was on so many different pitch types, too."Crochet's average fastball velocity dipped to 94.9 mph, his lowest of the season and a noticeable dip from last season's 96.4.

But the 26-year-old doesn't think there's any reason to panic.“I know the fastball velo was down but that’s not something I was concerned about,” Crochet said. “I threw 107 (pitches) in 30 degrees the start prior, so to me, that’s a natural ebb and flow at this time of year."Crochet's cutter yielded a .292 weighted on-base average last season, but the Twins tagged the pitch to two singles and a home run. The left-hander lamented throwing it on 21 of his 55 pitches.“I continued to back myself into a corner with the cutter," Crochet said.

"I tried to get out of it with the cutter and it puts you in a tough spot when you do get into the jam, and now people are beyond the shadow of a doubt knowing what pitch they’re getting. I’ve just gotta be less predictable.”The disastrous 1 2/3 innings torpedoed his season ERA to 7.58, but Crochet still wants to turn the corner and move on to his next outing. He's scheduled to face the Detroit Tigers on Sunday.

“Trying to look at it like I would any start. It’s tough to say following the last one, but that’s the only way to separate,” he said. “Right now, I’m trying my best to just pretend we got rained out.”More MLB: Red Sox's Alex Cora Shares Injury Updates On Justin Slaten, Kutter Crawford