Boston Red Sox at Los Angeles Dodgers

The Red Sox capped off a thrilling weekend at Dodger Stadium on Sunday, using a three-homer third inning and 5 2/3 innings from left-hander Jake Bennett to beat the Dodgers, 8-4, and secure a three-game sweep. It marked Boston’s first sweep of the Dodgers since their only previous sweep from June 18-20, 2010, at Fenway Park. Boston set the tone early in the opening frame with RBI singles from Masataka Yoshida and Caleb Durbin. After Los Angeles grabbed a brief 3-2 lead in the second on Andy Pages’ two-run single, the Red Sox responded with a home run surge in the top of the third against Dodgers starter Emmet Sheehan, hitting three home runs over a four-batter stretch. Ceddanne Rafaela launched his 15th homer of the season – his fourth long ball in the series following Saturday's two-homer performance – to tie the game at 3-3. "I think it's been awesome," Rafaela said of his hot weekend at the plate. "I'm having a lot of fun with the boys, and I feel that's what we were missing at the beginning of the season. ... We just have a lot of fun with each other, and I'm really having a lot of fun playing baseball." Wilyer Abreu immediately turned around the next pitch, going back to back with a solo shot to right-center, his 17th of the year, to put Boston back on top, 4-3. Following a Willson Contreras flyout, Yoshida capped the frame by driving his fifth homer of the season. "They grab a lead, but you find a way to get out of the inning in a one-run ballgame ... and then respond immediately," interim manager Chad Tracy said on the offense bouncing back so quickly. "They've been doing that for a month. ... Felt like the game swung in our favor and then we held on from there."