St. Louis Cardinals vs Boston Red Sox

What it means

• Season series: BOS wins series 2-1.
• Cardinals 17-16 on the road; Red Sox 16-16 at home.

Latest headlines

ESPN · Oct 5

Breslow, Tracy: Red Sox not overly reliant on analytics

ESPN · Oct 2

Red Sox's Mickey Gasper has surgery to repair right biceps tendon

ESPN · Oct 1

Red Sox's Sonny Gray not happy for being lifted after 70 pitches

Recap · Oct 1

Fried, Bellinger and García lead Yankees over Red Sox 9-2 for 2-game Wild Card Series sweep

ESPN · Oct 1

Yankees send Red Sox home again, move on to face Rays in ALDS

ESPN · Sep 30

Red Sox's Roman Anthony ruled out of ALWC with injuries

ESPN · Sep 30

Red Sox OF Anthony (hand) exits early; Game 2 status unclear

Recap · Sep 30

Schlittler and Rice torment hometown team as Yankees beat rival Red Sox 9-0 in playoff opener

Injuries and inactives

Cardinals2nd in NL Cent

• Masyn Winn SS

  Thumb, Soreness, left
  Out
• Richard Fitts SP

  Lat, Surgery, right
  Day-To-Day
• Blaze Jordan 3B

  Ankle, Sprain, left
  10-Day-IL
• Everson Pereira RF

  Hand, Bruise, left
  10-Day-IL
• Joshua Baez LF

  Oblique, Strain, left
  10-Day-IL

Red Sox5th in AL East

• Caleb Durbin 3B

  Finger, Surgery, left
  Out
• Garrett Whitlock RP

  Leg, Fracture, right
  Out
• Masataka Yoshida DH

  Hamstring, Strain, left
  Out
• Roman Anthony LF

  Hand, Strain, right
  Out
• Tyron Guerrero RP

  Shoulder, Strain, right
  Out

Probable starters

Cardinals2nd in NL Cent

Dakota Hudson SP

Probable starter · 8-7, 4.45 ERA, 78 K, 1.45 WHIP

Lineup

1. 1Tommy EdmanSS
2. 2Brendan Donovan2B
3. 3Paul Goldschmidt1B
4. 4Nolan Arenado3B
5. 5Nolan GormanDH
6. 6Tyler O'NeillLF
7. 7Dylan CarlsonRF
8. 8Harrison BaderCF
9. 9Andrew Knizner1B

Red Sox5th in AL East

Kutter Crawford SP

Probable starter · 3-6, 5.47 ERA, 77 K, 1.42 WHIP

Lineup

1. 1Jarren DuranCF
2. 2Rafael Devers3B
3. 3J.D. MartinezDH
4. 4Xander BogaertsSS
5. 5Trevor Story2B
6. 6Franchy CorderoLF
7. 7Bobby Dalbec1B
8. 8Jackie Bradley Jr.RF
9. 9Kevin PlaweckiC

The series

Chirp's angle

Game info

Venue

Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts · Attendance 36,141

Officials

Chad Whitson (Home Plate Umpire), Jordan Baker (First Base Umpire), Paul Emmel (Second Base Umpire), Shane Livensparger (Third Base Umpire)