Leading 2-1 after eight innings, the Red Sox could surely have used an insurance run before turning the mound over to closer Chapman for the win. While that sounds like the lead-in to so many of this season's losses, instead the Sox scored not one, not two, but five 9th-inning runs, and won the game 7-1, tying the road series and not even needing to give the ball to Chapman.
Way to go, boyos!
The ninth started with a Trevor Story walk. Marcelo Mayer advanced him to second with a fly ball (first out), and Carlos Narváez got him to third with a single. Another single by Ceddanne Rafaela brought Story home (3-1, Boston) and advanced Mayer, and Roman Anthony loaded the bases with a third single. A Caleb Durban single brought Narváez and Rafaela home - Boston 5, St. Louis 1. Jarren Duran brought Anthony home to make it 6-1. Then Wilson Contreras made it 7-1 with the sixth single of the inning. The Sox wound up going the full cycle at bat, and the inning finally ended with a Trevor Story fly ball.
Hurray! With the win, the Red Sox (5-9) are now only the second-worse team in Major League Baseball, a half-game ahead of the White Sox (5-10).
Brayan Bello (0-1, 9.00) takes the mound today in the rubber game. He's up against Andre Pallante (1-0, 1.80). Bello lost his only career start against the Cards back in 2024, giving up three homers and a total of five runs over 4⅔ innings, while Pallante is 1-1 in four games with two starts, and has given up only two runs in 12⅔ innings.
It doesn't bode well for Boston.
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