LOS ANGELES _ Rob Segedin made his major-league debut more memorable than perhaps even he dreamed Sunday, becoming the first Los Angeles Dodger to ever knock in four runs in his first game to pace an 8-5 victory over the Boston Red Sox.
Adrian Gonzalez had two doubles and a home run for the Dodgers (62-29), who moved one game behind the National League West-leading San Francisco Giants.
Closer Kenley Jansen struck out the side in the ninth inning to record his 34th save.
Gonzalez's seventh-inning homer was followed by a back-to-back shot over the left-field wall by Enrique Hernandez.
After delivering a two-run double in the fourth inning, Segedin extended the Dodgers' lead to 6-2 by stroking a two-run, two-out single to right in the fifth off Red Sox starter David Price (9-8).
The 27-year-old Segedin won his chance to enter a lineup besieged by 26 disabled-list trips by battering Pacific Coast League pitching with a league-best .598 slugging percentage.
His first major-league hit came after 2,331 plate appearances in the minors and a decision by the front office to "give him a look, see how he fares," according to manager Dave Roberts.
Segedin cracked an 0-1 pitch from Price off the center-field wall in the fourth inning, pumping his right fist in celebration at second after Gonzalez and Josh Reddick trotted home for a 3-2 lead.
Boston cut its deficit in a three-run sixth that included pinch-hitter Aaron Hill's RBI double and Andrew Benintendi's second run-scoring single.
