BOSTON — Garrett Crochet got out of his jams on Saturday night. Clayton Kershaw failed to do the same.
In the Dodgers’ 4-2 loss to the Boston Red Sox, that was the difference — with Crochet, an in-his-prime Cy Young candidate with a heavy fastball and premium all-around stuff, frustrating the Dodgers by stranding baserunners and working out of trouble; and Kershaw, an aging left-hander who battled command in the early going, too often failing to escape danger unscathed.
Making his first career regular-season start at Fenway Park (he had only previously pitched here in the 2018 World Series), Kershaw appeared to be battling his mechanics from the start.