Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched eight strong innings, but the Dodgers offense didn\u2019t support him, falling to the Boston Red Sox 3-2 on Saturday night at Dodger Stadium.<\/p>\n
Yamamoto, who leads MLB averaging 6.68 innings per start, completed eight innings for the fourth time this season, tying Marlins ace Sandy Alcantara for the major league lead<\/a>. Yamamoto struck out three and walked one, needing only 96 pitches to complete his eight frames. But he left trailing.<\/p>\n Ceddanne Rafaela, who homered in a three-hit game on Friday night<\/a>, got the scoring started on Saturday with a solo home run with one out in the first inning, just three pitches into the game. He hit another solo shot in the third inning.<\/p>\n Those were the only hits off Yamamoto until the eighth inning, when Andruw Monasterio hit a leadoff ground rule double then scored two ground balls later.<\/p>\n Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez went out to right field for a two-run shot in the second inning for his second home run in three days, after hitting two home runs in his previous 28 games before that.<\/p>\n Hern\u00e1ndez fouled a ball off his left foot in the fourth inning, and crumpled to the ground. After a long visit by manager Dave Roberts and assistant athletic director Yosuke Nakajima, Hern\u00e1ndez remained in the game and singled, though he limped to first base.<\/p>\n Two batters later, Miguel Rojas fouled a ball off his left ankle and also dropped to the ground. Rojas stayed in after the obligatory visit by Roberts and Nakajima, and struck out. Both Rojas and Hern\u00e1ndez remained in the game on defense in the top of the fifth inning. Rojas played three more innings before he was replaced at shortstop by Mookie Betts in the eighth inning.<\/p>\n