The Red Sox bounced back from a series opening loss to the Dodgers but Garrett Crochet thinks media coverage of the game favored LA's stars.

Sitting on a 1–1 count to lead off the contest against Garrett Crochet, Ohtani received a 97 mph fastball right down the middle from the Red Sox ace—and made him pay. The Dodgers star ripped the pitch to dead center field for his 38th home run of the season, giving Los Angeles a 1–0 lead.

It did not take long for Shohei Ohtani to greet the fans in Boston on Saturday. In fact, it was three pitchers until the game, and he took Garrett Crochet deep to put the Los Angeles Dodgers up 1-0 on the Boston Red Sox. Shohei Ohtani turns around a Garrett Crochet fastball and starts this game with a homer 😤 pic.twitter.com/zug4FCyYAQ

Garrett Crochet struck out 10 in six innings, Jarren Duran hit a two-run triple and the Boston Red Sox beat Clayton Kershaw and the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-2 on Saturday night. Garrett Crochet struck out 10 in six innings, Jarren Duran hit a two-run triple and the Boston Red Sox beat Clayton Kershaw and the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-2 on Saturday night. A Boston College junior has run marathons all around the world and in taking on that challenge, he's also out to set a new world record.

Former Tennessee Vols LHP Garrett Crochet went viral on Saturday after he led the Boston Red Sox to a 4-2 win against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Crochet, who is in his first season with Boston, gave up two earned runs while striking out 10 in six innings against Los Angeles.

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.

Perhaps a decade or so from now, Garrett Crochet will be relying on smarts and guile like 18-year veteran Clayton Kershaw, the future Hall of Famer he matched up with for the first time on an electric Saturday night at Fenway Park.