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Red Sox's Adam Duvall celebrates his three-run home run during the sixth inning Saturday. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)AP

BOSTON — Red Sox slugger Adam Duvall has found a situation that works perfectly for him. Put two runners on base and he’s money.

“I was thinking about it. I think I like to hit with runners on first and third,” Duvall said, jokingly. “I think that’s the perfect combination. So if we could do that more it would be great.”

Duvall belted his fourth homer in six games Saturday. His go-ahead three-run blast with runners on the corners in the sixth inning gave the Red Sox a 5-4 lead. Boston went on to beat Los Angeles 8-5 at Fenway Park.

Duvall’s towering blast went 353 feet with a 41 degree launch angle and landed in the Monster Seats. He has gone 12-for-25 (.480) with four homers, four doubles, 11 RBIs, five runs, two walks and five strikeouts in his past six games. Three of his four homers have been three-run blasts. Two of them have come with runners at the corners.

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Saturday’s blast came when he connected on an 0-2 cutter from Dodgers starter Julio Urías. It was the third cutter Urías threw him during the at-bat. Duvall fouled off the first two.

Urías had gotten Duvall to pop out to first base on a cutter in the fourth inning with a runner at third base and one out. He also struck out Duvall swinging on a cutter in the second inning.

“He had been throwing me that pitch in the earlier at-bats and he had some success with it but I felt like I was getting closer,” Duvall said. “I left a guy out there on third the at-bat before, which I wasn’t very happy about. But being able to come through there was huge. Just in the moment and as important as these games are.”

Things didn’t look too promising when Rafael Devers struck out swinging with runners at the corners and no outs in the bottom of the sixth. But then Duvall, the next hitter, delivered and Fenway Park erupted.

“You can feel the energy at this place, especially this weekend,” Duvall said. “The atmosphere has been unbelievable the last two nights.”

Duvall looks as locked in as he did to begin the season. He went 15-for-33 (.455) with a .514 on-base percentage, 1.030 slugging percentage, four homers, five doubles, one triple, 14 RBIs and 11 runs in his first eight games before breaking his wrist and missing two months.

“I don’t really compare stretches like that,” Duvall said. “I feel good with where I’m at right now. And just maintaining my body and making sure it’s moving the way I want it to move. And then getting a good pitch to hit. That’s the main thing.”

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