Overview

• Game 2 is scheduled for Saturday at 7:15 p.m. ET at Fenway Park and will air on FOX with streams available via FuboTV, DirecTV and SlingTV subject to regional restrictions.
• Clayton Kershaw will take the mound for the Dodgers with a 4–1 record and 3.27 ERA, while Garrett Crochet seeks to justify his offseason trade to Boston with an 11–4 record and 2.19 ERA.
• Los Angeles enters the contest at 60–43 atop the NL West, and Boston sits at 55–49 as it pursues an AL wild-card berth despite trailing in the AL East.
• Friday’s 5–2 Dodgers win in Game 1 featured Teoscar Hernández’s two-run homer and snapped Shohei Ohtani’s five-game home run streak.
• ESPN’s win probability model gives the Red Sox a 61.6 percent chance to prevail in Game 2.