BOSTON -- The Red Sox and Dodgers brought star-studded teams into a highly-anticipated showdown in the 2018 World Series. The Red Sox won the battle in five games while the Dodgers won two titles in the years since then. The teams are separated by just five wins this season as they began a three-game series at Fenway Park on Friday.

Emmet Sheehan goes five innings, the bullpen holds the Red Sox scoreless over the final four and Teoscar Hernandez hits a two-run homer as they kick off a nine-game road trip with a 5-2 win.

With Marcelo Mayer on the 10-day IL with a wrist sprain, the Red Sox are moving star outfielder Ceddanne Rafaela to at second base for the Dodgers series opener.