Dodgers Defeat Red Sox 8-5
LOS ANGELES -- Rookie Rob Segedin had four RBIs in his major league debut, sparking the Los Angeles Dodgers to an 8-5 victory over the Boston Red Sox before 50,640 at Dodger Stadium on Sunday.
Justin Turner homered and Adrian Gonzalez and Enrique Hernandez hit back-to-back long balls in the seventh for the Dodgers (62-49), who took two of three from the Red Sox (60-50). Gonzalez's solo shot off reliever Junichi Tazawa was the 300th of his career.
The 27-year-old Segedin, who was brought up from Triple-A Oklahoma City earlier Sunday, got the start in left and went 2-for-3.
Aaron Hill, Andrew Benintendi, who finished with two RBIs, and Mookie Betts each drove in a run in the sixth to cut the Dodgers' margin to 6-5, but reliever Joe Blanton fanned Jackie Bradley Jr. looking to end the inning.
Red Sox starter David Price (9-8) served up six runs (three earned) on five hits with five walks and three strikeouts. Three Boston errors didn't help his cause.
Jesus Chavez (2-2) struck out two in 1 1/3 innings for the win. Closer Kenley Jansen worked a perfect ninth for his 34th save.
Brandon McCarthy lasted just 3 2/3 innings before Dodgers manager Dave Roberts gave him the hook. McCarthy surrendered two runs on two hits with five walks, a hit a batter and two wild pitches.
Betts scored on a sacrifice fly by Xander Bogaerts for a 1-0 Boston lead with two outs in the first.
In the fourth, an RBI single by Benintendi made it 2-0.
Turner drilled an off-speed pitch by Price into the bleachers in left in the bottom of the fourth to slice the lead in half. It was Turner's 20th home run.
Segedin lined a two-run double to right-center to score Adrian Gonzalez and Josh Reddick for a 3-2 Los Angeles edge with one out in the fourth. After an intentional walk to pinch-hitter Scott Van Slyke loaded the bases, Price got out of the jam by inducing Howie Kendrick to bounce into a 1-2-3 double play.
A throwing error in the fifth by Bogaerts allowed Turner to score for a 4-2 Dodgers' lead. Segedin drove home two more runs with a run-scoring single in the inning for a four-run Dodgers' cushion. The four RBIs are the most by a Dodgers' player in his debut.
