New Boston Red Sox ace Garrett Crochet was five outs away from history against his former team Sunday. Crochet took a no-hitter into the eighth inning against the Chicago White Sox at Rate Field ( GameTracker) when second baseman Chase Meidroth found a hole through the left side of the infield with a ground-ball single.

Crochet took a no-hitter into the eighth inning and the Red Sox won after losing the first two games of the series in Chicago.

Garrett Crochet struck out 11 in 7 1/3 innings in his first start against his former team, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Chicago White Sox 3-1 on Sunday to avoid a series sweep. Trevor Story hit a two-run double and a solo homer for Boston, which had dropped five of six. Alex Bregman had two hits and scored a run.