Boston Red Sox vs St. Louis Cardinals

MLB

Red Sox

22-24

2-7

Final

Cardinals

20-25

Busch Stadium

TV: MLB.TV

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
BOS	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2
STL	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	X	7

Who won: Cardinals 7-2

The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Boston Red Sox 7-2 on Saturday, May 18, 2024 at Busch Stadium. The Cardinals win the series 2-1. The Cardinals outscored the Red Sox 5-1 in the 8th inning. Nolan Gorman went 2-for-4 with a home run and 2 RBI for the Cardinals. Rafael Devers went 1-for-4 with a home run and 1 RBI for the Red Sox.

Recap · May 18

Gorman homers and Cardinals ride 8th-inning surge to 7-2 win over Red Sox

Nolan Gorman homered early and added an RBI single during a five-run eighth inning that propelled the St. Louis Cardinals to a 7-2 victory against the Boston Red Sox on Saturday night.

What it means

Season series: STL wins series 2-1.
Red Sox 12-11 on the road; Cardinals 8-11 at home.

Latest headlines

ESPN · 2d ago

Breslow, Tracy: Red Sox not overly reliant on analytics

ESPN · 5d ago

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

ESPN · 6d ago

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

Schlittler, Rice lead Yankees' rout of Red Sox in Game 1

ESPN · Sep 30

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

Injuries and inactives

Red Sox3rd in AL East

Masataka Yoshida DH
Hamstring, Strain, left
Out
Roman Anthony LF
Hand, Strain, right
Out
Tyron Guerrero RP
Shoulder, Strain, right
Out
Romy Gonzalez DH
Elbow
Day-To-Day
Justin Slaten RP
Elbow, Inflammation, right
60-Day-IL

Cardinals4th 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

Probable starters

Red Sox3rd in AL East

Kutter Crawford SP

Probable starter · 9-16, 4.36 ERA, 175 K, 1.12 WHIP

Lineup

1Jarren DuranLF
2Wilyer AbreuRF
3Connor WongC
4Rafael Devers3B
5Tyler O'NeillDH
6Dominic Smith1B
7Vaughn Grissom2B
8David HamiltonSS
9Ceddanne RafaelaCF

Cardinals4th in NL Cent

Miles Mikolas SP

Probable starter · 10-11, 5.35 ERA, 122 K, 1.28 WHIP

Lineup

1Brendan DonovanLF
2Lars NootbaarCF
3Paul Goldschmidt1B
4Nolan Arenado3B
5Alec BurlesonDH
6Ivan HerreraC
7Nolan Gorman2B
8Masyn WinnSS
9Michael SianiCF

The series

STL wins series 2-1

Last meeting: Cardinals 10, Red Sox 6 (May 17)

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Game info

Venue: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri · Attendance 40,690
Officials: Mark Wegner (Home Plate Umpire), Bruce Dreckman (First Base Umpire), Jeremie Rehak (Second Base Umpire), Clint Vondrak (Third Base Umpire)