BOSTON — Capable of overcome a pair of rocky innings early, Emmet Sheehan locked in and helped the Dodgers choose off a 5-2 win over the Purple Sox within the sequence opener at Fenway Park on Friday evening.
Pitching down the highway from the place he performed collegiately at Boston Faculty, the right-hander logged 5 innings to earn the win, ringing up 5 strikeouts whereas permitting two runs on three hits and two walks.
Issues didn’t begin effectively for the Dodgers’ hurler, who walked two batters within the first inning, together with leadoff hitter Jarren Duran on 10 pitches. Sheehan was capable of work himself out of hassle within the first, however wanted 32 pitches to take action.
Sheehan made up for it with a six-pitch, 1-2-3 second inning, earlier than permitting three straight hits to open up the third inning, serving to Boston minimize Los Angeles’ result in 3-2.
That was as shut as Sheehan would enable the sport to get. He would go on to strike out the aspect within the fourth after which retired the Sox, 1-2-3, in a six-pitch fifth inning to conclude his evening.
Tommy Edman’s RBI single gave Sheehan a run of help within the second inning and Los Angeles gave him two extra runs within the third, regardless of having just one extra-base hit over the primary 5 frames.
