MINNEAPOLIS — Boston Red Sox left-handed pitcher Garrett Crochet allowed 11 runs, 10 earned, and nine hits in 1⅔ innings in a 13-6 loss to the Minnesota Twins in Minneapolis on Monday night. Crochet, a two-time All-Star who finished second in American League Cy Young Award voting last season, became the first Red Sox pitcher to allow 10 runs in fewer than two innings.

Crochet gave up four runs — three earned — in the first inning, throwing 31 pitches before recording the third out. Minnesota then scored seven runs in the second inning, and he was removed with two outs in that frame with Boston trailing 11-0. He walked three batters and hit another with a pitch, failing to record a strikeout for the first time in 68 career starts.

Before Monday's outing, Crochet had carried a 2-1 record and a 3.12 ERA through three starts. His season ERA rose to 7.58 after the game.

"My command, as a whole, has been spotty," Crochet said. "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."

"As a manager, it's hard to watch. It was kind of like, OK, when are we going to take him out, you know? 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." Red Sox manager Alex Cora said.

Victor Caratini hit a three-run home run off the facing of the third deck in left field in the second inning — his first home run as a Twin. Ryan Kreidler added a solo shot into the second deck in left field in the same inning. Ryan Jeffers hit a home run and drove in three runs, collecting three of the Twins' 11 hits.

Byron Buxton hit a solo home run in the fifth inning, his 85th career home run at Target Field, making him the Twins' all-time leader at the ballpark. Minnesota has won seven of its last eight games. In the past seven days, the Twins defeated Detroit's Tarik Skubal, Houston's Framber Valdez, Toronto's Eric Lauer, and Crochet, scoring 29 earned runs in 16⅔ innings against those starters.

Jarren Duran hit a home run for the Red Sox, and Caleb Durbin had two hits and scored two runs. Twins starter Bailey Ober improved to 2-0 after allowing four runs on seven hits while striking out seven in six innings. Minnesota right-hander Mick Abel is scheduled to face Red Sox right-hander Sonny Gray in the second game of the series on Tuesday.