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.

Alex Bregman hit a two-run homer in the fifth inning and the Boston Red Sox hung on to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-3.

It’s been nine months since the Los Angeles Dodgers won the World Series and Walker Buehler has yet to receive his ring.