That brought up Yasiel Puig and the Dodgers’ outfielder looped a single into center that brought Machado home to give Los Angeles its first lead of the series.

Price got out of the inning by striking out Austin Barnes, but his dominance of the first three innings was nowhere to be found.

Bottom 4th: Ryu Quiets Red Sox Bats

Given a 1-run lead, Hyun-jin Ryu picked up where he left off in the third inning, thoroughly dominating the Red Sox.

Ryu got a good start when J.D. Martinez grounded out to short and then he caught Xander Bogaerts looking at a fastball low in the zone for a strikeout. That left Rafael Devers and Ryu struck him out with a curveball in the dirt.

Waldstein: Price comes back out for the fifth after his worst inning as eight Dodgers came to the plate — although he did strike out the side as he continued to be aggressive with his fastball. But now, facing the Dodgers lineup for the third time through he may have to change his patterns a bit.

Enrique Hernandez might rue missing that fastball over the plate. It was hittable and he swung right through it. After Dozier struck out, the Dodgers stranded two. Boston had Joe Kelly up in the inning and no one would have been surprised if Price came out if one more Dodgers reached.

Price has given up 9 earned runs in 16 and one-third postseason innings. That’s a 4.96 E.R.A., which is really not good enough, but in his last two outings his E.R.A. is 1.80 and the most important stat is that he has not given up a home run in his two most recent outings, after giving up three in the first two.