Crochet allowed two solo homers in the first inning but then settled in. The lefty led the Red Sox to a 4-2 victory over the Dodgers in front of a sold-out, mixed crowd of 36,687. “The first inning, I‘ve never seen anything like that," Cora said. “Credit to them.”

Set up perfectly for a Hollywood ending at Fenway Park, Mookie Betts took a perfect fastball for strike three on the way to a Dodgers loss.

Fans were left torn on what to do about the Fenway Park concessions worker strike while attending the highly anticipated Boston Red Sox series against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

To counter the legendary Dodgers southpaw, Red Sox manager Alex Cora has stacked his lineup. Rob ‘Southpaw Slayer’ Refsnyder will lead off and serve as designated hitter, with regular leadoff man Jarren Duran batting seventh, instead. Romy Gonzalez, another prodigious lefty killer is batting cleanup and manning second base.

With Marcelo Mayer placed on the injured list with a wrist injury, the Red Sox have summoned David Hamilton from Triple-A Worcester. Hamilton was scratched from Worcester’s lineup before Game 1 of a doubleheader in St.