Boston Red Sox at St. Louis Cardinals

· Major League Baseball

Boston Red Sox

5-9, 2-6 Away

Final
7 - 1

St. Louis Cardinals

8-6, 5-3 Home

Willson Contreras has 3 RBIs against former team to back Ranger Suárez as Red Sox top Cardinals 7-1

Boston Red Sox vs. St. Louis Cardinals: Game Highlights

Boston, which broke open the game with a five-run ninth inning, has won three of four after a 2-8 start.

Jordan Walker hit his NL-leading sixth home run for the Cardinals.

A three-time All-Star, Contreras was acquired by Boston from St. Louis in a December trade. He put the Red Sox ahead 2-0 with a two-run double in the fourth off Kyle Leahy (1-2) and added run-scoring single in the ninth for his first three-RBI game with the Red Sox.

Suárez (1-1) lowered his ERA from 8.64 to 5.02, allowing three hits with six strikeouts and two walks. He had not pitched past the fifth inning in either of his first two starts this season after signing a $130 million, five-year contract as a free agent.

Walker homered in the eighth off Garrett Whitlock.

Caleb Durbin had a two-run single in the ninth, and Ceddanne Rafaela and Jarren Duran had run-scoring hits.

José Fermin reached on a double video review in the seventh. Plate umpire Brian Walsh ruled Fermin was hit by a Greg Weissert pitch, and a challenge by Boston resulted in Walsh telling Fermin to return to the plate with an 0-2 count. St. Louis then challenged and the second review resulted in a catcher’s interference call on Carlos Narváez. Fermin went to first after a 4-minute delay.

Up next Boston RHP Brayan Bello (0-1, 9.00 ERA) and St. Louis RHP Andre Pallante (1-0, 1.80 ERA) start in Sunday's series finale.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Pozo grounded out to first.
	9th Inning	Church hit by pitch, Burleson to second.
	9th Inning	Burleson grounded into fielder's choice to second, Fermín out at second.
	9th Inning	Fermín singled to center.
	9th Inning	Urías grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Watson relieved Whitlock

Statistics

BOS		STL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
2	Hit By Pitch	1
12	Ground Balls	14
6	Strikeouts	8
7	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
10	Hits	5
0	Stolen Bases	0
5	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	1
7	Runs	1
2	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	31
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
19	Runners Left On Base	14
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	0
17	Fly Balls	9
0	Caught Stealing	0
165	Pitches	130
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
11	Total Bases	8
42	Plate Appearances	36
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
1	Extra Base Hits	1
4.7	Runs Created	1.7
.286	Batting Average	.161
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.314	Slugging Percentage	.258
.171	Secondary Average	.194
.405	On Base Percentage	.257
.719	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.515
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.6
4.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.7
40.0	Batter Rating	12.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	31.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.93	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.61
.029	Isolated Power	.097
0.83	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.38
.119	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.083
-.114	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.032
14.0	Runs Produced	2.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
88.0	MLB Rating	66.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0