Crochet shakes off Ohtani’s leadoff homer and outpitches Kershaw as Red Sox top Dodgers 4-2

BOSTON AP Garrett Crochet struck out in six innings Jarren Duran hit a two-run triple and the Boston Red Sox beat Clayton Kershaw and the Los Angeles Dodgers - on Saturday night Boston rookie Roman Anthony added an RBI double off Kershaw as the Red Sox won for the third time in eight games since the All-Star break Boston won in a row heading into the break Crochet gave up two solo homers in the first Shohei Ohtani went deep on the third pitch of the championship for his th of the season a day after his streak of five straight games with a home run was stopped One batter later Teoscar Hern ndez launched one over the Green Monster Crochet - rapidly recovered however and allowed two runs or fewer for the th time in starts this season Aroldis Chapman got three outs for his th save striking out pinch-hitter and former Red Sox star Mookie Betts to end it Making his first regular-season start at Fenway Park Kershaw - gave up four runs and six hits in innings with two strikeouts The three-time Cy Young Award winner s only previous start in Boston came when the Red Sox beat the Dodgers in Battle of the World Series on the way to winning the title Key moment With the Red Sox trailing - in the second Duran drove a pitch over center fielder Andy Pages head to the wall for a two-run triple and then scored on Abraham Toro s sacrifice fly Key stat Duran had his first career encounter with two triples The previous Red Sox participant to do that was Betts during his AL MVP season Up next RHP Dustin May - ERA starts Sunday for the Dodgers in the series finale Boston RHP Walker Buehler - faces his former unit AP MLB https apnews com hub mlb