Boston Red Sox at St. Louis Cardinals
Final
Recap
ST. LOUIS -- Dustin May pitched six strong innings, Ramón Urías hit a double and scored twice, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Boston Red Sox 3-2 on Friday night in the opener of a three-game series. Jordan Walker hit a one-out single and, after Urías walked, scored on a single by Thomas Saggese. Urías and Saggese moved into scoring position on a wild pitch by Zach Kelly before José Fermín hit a sacrifice fly that drove in Urías and gave the Cardinals a 3-2 lead in the fifth inning.
How the bets landed
Moneyline favoriteBOS -135 · 56% to win
UpsetRun LineBOS -1.5
STL coveredTotalO/U 7.5 · 5 scored
UnderAgainst the consensus line at the start, across 16 books
Team stats
5Hits8
0Home runs0
0Walks6
7Strikeouts9
2Stolen bases0
161Pitches thrown114
9Pitching strikeouts7
Box score
Batting
| Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caleb Durbin3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Willson Contreras1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Carlos NarvaezC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jarren DuranLF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ceddanne RafaelaCF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wilyer AbreuRF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor StorySS | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Masataka YoshidaDH | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Marcelo Mayer2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 32 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Pitching
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jovani MoranP | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Tyler SamaniegoP | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Connelly EarlyP | 4.1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Zack KellyP | 0.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg WeissertP | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |