In Los Angeles, the Boston Red Sox defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 on Saturday night, securing their fourth consecutive victory. This was reported by infohub.kz.
In the eighth inning, Andruw Monasterio led off with a ground-rule double and later scored the go-ahead run on Connor Wong's double-play grounder. The Red Sox have won the first two games of the series against the Dodgers. The team is 13-3 since the All-Star break and 22-4 since the start of July.
Dodgers right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed only two hits through seven innings, both home runs by Ceddanne Rafaela in the first and third innings. After Rafaela's second blast, Yamamoto retired 13 consecutive batters.
Monasterio's double to left field ended Yamamoto's streak. Monasterio advanced to third on Jarren Duran's bunt single and scored on Wong's double-play grounder.
Teoscar Hernández had three hits, including a two-run homer off Boston left-hander Payton Tolle in the second inning. Tolle allowed two runs on nine hits in six innings. Justin Slaten (2-4) pitched a scoreless seventh.
Red Sox left-hander Aroldis Chapman pitched a perfect ninth for his 27th save. Yamamoto (11-7) allowed three runs on four hits in eight innings.
The Red Sox held out All-Star first baseman Willson Contreras, who underwent concussion testing after being hit by a pitch on the side of his helmet Friday night.
Before the game, the Dodgers designated left-hander Cole Irvin for assignment. Irvin allowed six runs in Friday night's 9-4 loss to Boston. The Dodgers recalled right-handers Kyle Hurt and Wyatt Mills and placed right-hander Will Klein on the injured list with right elbow discomfort.
In the next game, Red Sox left-hander Jake Bennett (6-4, 2.74 ERA) is scheduled to face Dodgers right-hander Emmet Sheehan (4-7, 4.95 ERA) on Sunday night.