Quiet as a library for seven innings Friday night, Dodger Stadium erupted in a thunderous wave of applause in the eighth inning when Freddie Freeman lined a grand slam into the right-field bullpen, turning what looked like a desultory loss into a 4-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox in front of a crowd of 51,562.
With the Dodgers trailing 1-0, Miguel Vargas drew a walk against reliever Zack Kelly to open the bottom of the eighth and took third when Shohei Ohtani, who looked overmatched while striking out in his first three at-bats against Red Sox right-hander Nick Pivetta, sliced a one-out ground-rule double down the left-field line off left-hander Brennan Bernardino.