Crochet allowed two solo homers in the first inning but then settled in. The lefty led the Red Sox to a 4-2 victory over the Dodgers in front of a sold-out, mixed crowd of 36,687. “The first inning, I‘ve never seen anything like that,” Cora said. “Credit to them.”

Alex Bregman was originally in the Red Sox’ batting order for Wednesday’s rubber match against the Twins. But a corrected lineup, sent out 27 minutes after the original, has the slugging third baseman on the bench.