On Friday night, the Boston Red Sox took on the Los Angeles Dodgers for the first of three games at Dodger Stadium, and Alex Cora's squad was handed a 4-1 loss.
Boston's starter, Nick Pivetta, was great throughout the night, tossing six innings of scoreless two-hit baseball while striking out eight. Zack Kelly followed with 1 1/3, allowing two baserunners via walk, forcing Brennan Bernadino to come in to try to close out the eighth. Bernardino, who has seemed to struggle a bit recently, gave up a grand slam to Freddie Freeman to give the Dodgers their only four runs of the night while totaling just four hits. Greg Weissert got them through the last 2/3 of an inning.
The Red Sox offense was all right. They recorded nine total hits, but their lone run came off of a Jarren Duran (2-for-4) solo home run in the fifth inning. Tyler O'Neill (3-for-4) was the only other Red Sox to get on base multiple times. Boston just couldn't do anything while threatening, as they finished the night 0-for-11 with runners in scoring position.
This loss dropped Boston to 53-43 overall and 29-18 on the road. The two teams will meet for the middle game of the series on Saturday at 7:15 p.m. ET.
