St. Louis Cardinals at Boston Red Sox

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St. Louis Cardinals

4-3, 0-1 Away

Final
9 - 13

Boston Red Sox

4-4, 1-0 Home

Red Sox celebrate Fenway opener with Devers busting out and Bregman feeling at home in Boston

Story, Abreu go yard on back-to-back pitches for Red Sox

Boston began its 125th home opener by scoring five runs in the first inning, including back-to-back homers by Trevor Story and Wilyer Abreu. The Cardinals cut it to 6-5 in the fifth, but the Red Sox pulled away again, with Devers’ RBI single capping a three-run seventh that made it 11-6.

Walker Buehler (1-1) allowed five runs and seven hits in five innings to help Boston earn its third straight victory.

Brendan Donovan, Alec Burleson and Iván Herrera had three hits apiece for the Cardinals, who have lost three of their last four. Erick Fedde (1-1) lasted three innings, allowing six runs on five hits and four walks while striking out one.

St. Louis scored three in the ninth on three hits and two errors before Aroldis Chapman came in with two on and one out. He walked the bases full before inducing a double play from Iván Herrera to earn his second save.

The Red Sox improved to 73-52 in home openers, including 64-50 at Fenway Park. Before the game, Boston honored its 1975 AL championship team, with a special tribute to pitcher Luis Tiant, who died in October.

Key moment After leading 5-0, the Red Sox had just a 6-5 edge when Bregman, who was acquired as a free agent in the offseason, led off the fifth with a walk. He took third on Triston Casas' double and scored on Abreu's single.

Kristian Campbell followed with a high fly ball down the line that right fielder Jordan Walker caught amid the first row of the seats in foul territory; Casas tagged up and scored from third. The Cardinals argued that a fan prevented Walker from throwing the ball home, but a review reviewed that it was not interference.

Key stat Devers opened the season hitless with 15 strikeouts in his first five games. Since then, he is 5 for 11 with one strikeout in three games.

Up next Right-hander Andre Pallante (1-0) is scheduled to face Boston righty Richard Fitts (0-1). Rain is in the forecast.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Herrera grounded into double play, third to second to first, Baker out at second.
	9th Inning	Baker walked, Arenado to second.
	9th Inning	Chapman relieved Criswell
	9th Inning	Baker hit for Burleson
	9th Inning	Arenado grounded into fielder's choice to third, Contreras scored, Donovan to second, Donovan safe at third on throwing error by third baseman Bregman.
	9th Inning	Donovan singled to center, Nootbaar scored, Contreras to second.

Statistics

STL		BOS
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
0	Ground Balls	0
9	Strikeouts	3
8	Runs Batted In	12
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
13	Hits	16
1	Stolen Bases	2
2	Walks	8
0	Catcher Interference	0
9	Runs	13
3	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
40	At Bats	37
2	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
14	Runners Left On Base	17
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	4
0	Fly Balls	0
0	Caught Stealing	0
166	Pitches	172
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
21	Total Bases	26
42	Plate Appearances	46
324.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
4	Extra Base Hits	6
6.3	Runs Created	12.7
.325	Batting Average	.432
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.525	Slugging Percentage	.703
.275	Secondary Average	.541
.357	On Base Percentage	.522
.882	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.224
0.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.0
5.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	14.9
58.0	Batter Rating	82.0
20.0	At Bats Per Home Run	18.5
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.95	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.74
.200	Isolated Power	.270
0.22	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	2.67
.048	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.174
-.050	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.108
17.0	Runs Produced	25.0
0.9	Runs Ratio	0.9
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.8
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.4
101.8	MLB Rating	122.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0