start back

At the Dodgers’ other middle infield position Wednesday, Mookie Betts got the start at second base, his first start back on the dirt since reprising his old right field role last month upon returning from a broken hand.

Boyd, in his fifth start back from Tommy John surgery, struck out six and walked one to improve to 2-1 with a 2.20 ERA.

“We’d start back over and go back to the drawing board, see what was going on, go get more scans. That process obviously happened three or four times.”

Kershaw, in his fifth start back from shoulder surgery, did not allow a runner to reach second base until the sixth, when he gave up singles to Pedro Pages and Victor Scott II to open the inning.

Walker Buehler had a tough night in first start back from injury, and the Dodgers committed three errors in a loss to Milwaukee.