Game 106: Dodgers at Red Sox lineups and notes

The Red Sox are back at Fenway Park Saturday night for the second contest of a three-game set against the Dodgers.

Teoscar Hernandez had a two-run homer and three RBIs during Los Angeles’s 5-2 victory over Boston on Friday night.

With the loss, the Red Sox are 2-5 since the All-Star Break, with two games remaining in a “gauntlet,” as chief baseball officer Craig Breslow called it, against top National League teams.

Mookie Betts wasn’t in the Dodgers’ lineup Friday. Manager Dave Roberts said Betts was in Tennessee to take care of a personal matter, but he is expected to be in Boston on Saturday.

Garrett Crochet is scheduled to start Saturday for the Red Sox, while Clayton Kershaw will get the ball for the Dodgers.

First pitch is at 7:15 p.m. Here’s your preview.

DODGERS (61-43): TBA

Pitching: LHP Clayton Kershaw (4-1, 3.27 ERA)

RED SOX (55-50): TBA

Pitching: LHP Garrett Crochet (11-4, 2.19 ERA)

Time: 7:15 p.m.

TV, radio: Fox, WEEI-FM 93.7

Dodgers vs. Crochet: Mookie Betts 1-1, Freddie Freeman 3-5, Teoscar Hernández 0-1, James Outman 0-1, Andy Pages 1-2, Miguel Rojas 1-3, Will Smith 0-3

Red Sox vs. Kershaw: Alex Bregman 1-3, Rob Refsnyder 0-2, Trevor Story 8-23

Stat of the day: Boston hasn’t scored more than two runs in five of its past seven games.

Notes: The Red Sox were held to five hits during Friday night’s loss. … Crochet is 0-1 with an 0.00 ERA in three career appearances (7 2/3 innings) against the Dodgers. Two of those appearances came in relief. … Kershaw has never faced the Red Sox during the regular season but was 0-2 with a 7.36 ERA in 11 innings against them in the 2018 World Series. … Since the All-Star break, the Red Sox held a lead at the end of just 10 innings out of 66 played. … The Red Sox are 55-50 overall and 7-19 against teams with a .550 winning percentage or better.

Emma Healy can be reached at [email protected] or on X @ByEmmaHealy.

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