BOSTON — Mookie Betts crushed an inside slider from Chris Murphy and sent it 364 feet over the Green Monster in the sixth inning.
The former Red Sox star went 3-for-5 with three RBIs to help the Dodgers win 7-4 over Boston on Sunday at Fenway Park.
Betts’ homer was his 35th this season, tying his single-season career high. He went 7-for-15 with a homer, two doubles, four RBIs, one walk and five runs in three games against Boston, helping LA take the series, 2-1.
The Red Sox also couldn’t stop Freddie Freeman this weekend. He went 7-for-15 with three doubles, two walks, one RBI and four runs.
Justin Turner and Adam Duvall hit back-to-back homers in the eighth with no outs to cut it to 7-4. But Ryan Brasier then came in to face his old team and mowed down the next three batters. He struck out both Triston Casas and Trevor Story swinging, then got Pablo Reyes to ground out to shortstop.
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Red Sox starter Tanner Houck pitched 4 innings and allowed just one run on a solo homer by James Outman in the fourth inning. He allowed five hits and two walks while striking out four. He threw 80 pitches, 50 for strikes.
The righty escaped a big jam in the first inning. Betts led off the game with a single and Freeman doubled to put two runners in scoring position with no outs.
After striking out David Peralta, Houck walked Max Muncy to load the bases. But he then struck out Jason Heyward swinging and retired James Outman on a groundout to shortstop to escape with the game scoreless.
Murphy replaced Houck. He gave up a double to Freeman and an RBI single to Muncy, which made it 2-0 Dodgers.
Betts’ homer in the sixth put Los Angeles ahead 4-0.
The Red Sox got those two runs back in the bottom of the sixth when Triston Casas hit an opposite-field two-run homer that just cleared the Monster at 319 feet.
RBI singles by Outman and Betts helped the Dodgers take a 7-3 lead.
