It was October-like, high-stakes baseball theater from start to finish at Fenway Park on Saturday night as the Red Sox and Dodgers battled it out in front of an electric, sold-out crowd.

Crochet allowed two solo homers in the first inning but then settled in. The lefty led the Red Sox to a 4-2 victory over the Dodgers in front of a sold-out, mixed crowd of 36,687. “The first inning, I‘ve never seen anything like that," Cora said. “Credit to them.”

Fans were left torn on what to do about the Fenway Park concessions worker strike while attending the highly anticipated Boston Red Sox series against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

While the Red Sox might keep Duran for the rest of the 2025 season, his long-term future in Boston might be murky. The post Red Sox reportedly unlikely to trade Jarren Duran ahead of deadline. What does it mean for Boston in 2025 and beyond?

10) The Red Sox and Dodgers will play the final game of their three-game series at 1:35 p.m. Sunday. Righty Walker Buehler (6-6, 5.72 ERA) will face his former team for the first time. Righty Dustin May (6-6, 4.73 ERA) will pitch for Los Angeles.

Chief baseball officer Craig Breslow vowed in mid-June after the Rafael Devers trade that he would still bolster the team at the deadline. Now it’s crunch time, and despite a 2-5 record with a tough schedule coming out of the All-Star break, another commanding win Saturday gave Breslow more reason to fortify the club.

The Philadelphia Phillies are one of the teams in Major League Baseball that could find help from the Boston Red Sox if they move on from Jarren Duran. Reports have indicated that Duran could be traded,

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