LOS ANGELES (Interstat) — Ceddanne Rafaela homered twice and drove in two runs, lifting the Boston Red Sox to a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026, at Dodger Stadium.

Rafaela hit solo home runs in the first and third innings as Boston took an early lead. Teoscar Hernandez answered with a two-run homer in the second inning, scoring Freddie Freeman, to put Los Angeles ahead 2-1. The Red Sox regained the lead in the eighth when Andruw Monasterio scored on Connor Wong’s double play.

Justin Slaten earned the win with a scoreless inning of relief, improving to 2-4. Aroldis Chapman struck out one in a perfect ninth for his 27th save. Yoshinobu Yamamoto took the loss despite allowing three runs over eight innings, falling to 11-7.

Payton Tolle started for Boston and allowed two runs over six innings with seven strikeouts. The Red Sox had four hits, while Los Angeles collected 10. Attendance was 49,291, and the game lasted 2:09. Boston improved to 59-51; Los Angeles fell to 69-42.