BOSTON – (Staff and Wire Service Report) – LA Dodgers all-stars Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman each went 3-for-5 as the 1-2 punch in the lineup as the visiting Dodgers posted a 7-4 win over the Boston Red Sox in the finale of a three-game series on Sunday afternoon.
Betts scored twice and drove in three runs, matching James Outman with a home run for Los Angeles, which won the series and moved to 6-2 in its last eight games.
Freeman and Miguel Rojas each hit two doubles. Freeman’s second double was his 50th of the season.
Outman and Max Muncy also had two hits apiece. The Dodgers totaled 14 hits on the afternoon.
Gavin Stone (1-0) relieved opener Caleb Ferguson, pitching six innings to earn the decision. All four runs he allowed came on three home runs.
Stone’s day ended after Justin Turner and Adam Duvall hit back-to-back homers to start the eighth for the Red Sox.
Triston Casas also left the yard for Boston. Duvall and Casas were both 2-for-4 and combined for three RBIs and three runs.