Emmet Sheehan Struggles Early And Dodgers Are Swept By Boston Red Sox

The Dodgers were swept for conscionable nan 2nd clip this play aft nan red-hot Boston Red Sox deed 4 location runs, including 3 disconnected embattled starter Emmet Sheehan, to return an 8-4 win connected Sunday nighttime astatine Dodger Stadium.

Boston deed 3 location runs successful 4 at-bats successful nan 3rd inning, pinch Sheehan giving up blasts to Ceddanne Rafela, Wilyer Abreu and Masataka Yoshida arsenic nan Dodgers suffered their 2nd three-game sweep astatine location successful little than a month.

“Really bully shot club,” Dodgers head Dave Roberts said astir nan Red Sox earlier nan game. “Really fundamentally sound. It’s a younger group, arsenic acold arsenic work time. They’re hungry. Seems for illustration they play good together. They tin really defend. They’re athletic. Remind maine a batch of nan Brewers. They tin really pitch. They don’t hit themselves. Dynamic. They put nan shot successful play.”

Boston sewage to Sheehan early pinch a brace of RBI singles from Yoshida and Caleb Durbin successful nan first inning.

The Dodgers (69-43) responded pinch 3 runs successful nan 2nd arsenic Eliézer Alfonzo collected an RBI pinch a groundout against Red Sox starter Jake Bennett. Andy Pages past drove successful 2 much runs connected a azygous to right. He besides deed an RBI double successful nan sixth for nan Dodgers’ last run.

Sheehan (4-8), who has a 6.39 ERA complete his past 7 games, gave up six hits and 5 runs complete conscionable 2⅔ innings. Reliever Wyatt Mills besides struggled, giving up 2 runs complete 2 innings.

Bennett (7-4), however, settled successful and 5⅔ innings arsenic Boston won for nan 27th clip successful 32 games aft outscoring nan Dodgers 20-10 successful nan three-game series.

Jarren Duran, a Cypress native, added to Boston’s lead pinch a 420-foot solo homer to halfway fielder disconnected reliever Kyle Hurt successful nan sixth. It was Duran’s first homer since July 5 against nan Angels.

Boston (60-51) closed retired nan scoring successful nan eighth, pinch Durbin scoring connected a chaotic transportation from Wyatt Mills and Andruw Monasterio scoring connected a shot that sewage past Alfonzo.

Skubal Arrives

The Dodgers’ newest prima arrived Sunday and was successful nan Dodgers’ dugout during nan game, exchanging pleasantries pinch his caller teammates and coaches.

The squad besides shared a video of Skubal settling successful connected societal media.

“We sewage better,” said Dodgers person Edwin Díaz. “That’s nan only point I tin say. We sewage … 1 of nan champion pitchers successful nan league, and now we person him arsenic a teammate. So that’s a really bully positive for us.”

Injury Updates

Miguel Rojas (ankle) was disposable disconnected nan chair contempt exiting Saturday’s crippled aft fouling a shot disconnected his foot.

“I felt amended today, capable to put immoderate weight connected it,” Rojas said, adding his X-rays were negative. “The bully point is nary break. So, I’m fine. If Doc needs maine and nan business presents itself ... I request to beryllium disposable each azygous day.”

Dalton Rushing was scratched pinch insignificant correct limb irritation; Alfonzo started successful his place.