The Dodgers were swept for just the second time this season after the red-hot Boston Red Sox hit four home runs, including three off embattled starter Emmet Sheehan, to take an 8-4 win on Sunday night at Dodger Stadium. Boston hit three home runs in four at-bats in the third inning, with Sheehan giving up blasts to Ceddanne Rafaela, Wilyer Abreu and Masataka Yoshida as the Dodgers suffered their second three-game sweep at home in less than a month. “Really good ball club,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said about the Red Sox before the game. “Really fundamentally sound. It’s a younger group, as far as service time. Seems like they play well together. They can really defend. Remind me a lot of the Brewers. They can really pitch. They don’t beat themselves.

They put the ball in play.” Read more:Inside the aggressive push Andrew Friedman and Dodgers made to acquire Tarik… It was Duran’s first homer since July 5 against the Angels. Boston (60-51) closed out the scoring in the eighth, with Durbin scoring on a wild pitch from Wyatt Mills and Andruw Monasterio scoring on a ball that got past Alfonzo. The Dodgers’ newest star arrived Sunday and was in the Dodgers’ dugout during the game, exchanging pleasantries with his new teammates and coaches. The team also shared a video of Skubal settling in on social media. Tarik, meet your new teammates! pic.twitter.com/BSoWUNPsJv “We got better,” said Dodgers closer Edwin Díaz. “That’s the only thing I can say. We got … one of the best pitchers in the league, and now we have him as a teammate. So that’s a really good plus for us.” Miguel Rojas (ankle) was available off the bench despit…