BOSTON — Nolan Arenado and Andrew Knizner every hit a two-run homer, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Boston Red Sox 9-1 on Sunday night time to finish a three-game sweep.
Paul DeJong added a solo shot and Arenado drove in 4 runs for the Cardinals, who received for the sixth time in seven video games since an eight-game shedding streak. Their earlier two wins got here on ninth-inning rallies towards nearer Kenley Jansen at Fenway Park.
Lars Nootbaar had three hits and scored thrice for St. Louis, and Paul Goldschmidt added two hits and an RBI. Miles Mikolas (2-1) pitched six innings of one-run ball, permitting 4 hits with two walks.
“We are a playoff team despite our bad start,” Mikolas mentioned. “The talent is there. We’re a very good baseball team.”
Rafael Devers had an RBI single for Boston, which misplaced for the fifth time in six video games.
It was the primary sequence sweep this season for St. Louis (16-25), which owns the NL’s worst report. Arenado homered over the Green Monster as soon as in every recreation of the sequence.
PHOTOS: Arenado, Cardinals full 3-game sweep with 9-1 rout of Red Sox
The Cardinals completed a six-game highway journey to Wrigley Field and Fenway Park at 5-1.
“It’s a good road trip,” St. Louis supervisor Oliver Marmol mentioned. “To get back on track and the way we’ve done it, against two good teams, to be able to go out there with the style of play that has been really good. I know I’ve said it several times, but that clubhouse has trust in one another.”
Red Sox starter Corey Kluber (2-5) gave up 4 runs and 7 hits – two homers – in 5 innings. He walked three and struck out 5.
“I put us in a hole early,” he mentioned. “I think it just boils down to poor fastball command.”
DeJong’s shot into the center-field seats broke a 1-all tie within the second. Knizner’s drive got here within the fourth, additionally going out to heart.
Boston’s Enmanuel Valdez had a two-run homer overturned by overview within the seventh on a drive that replays confirmed hooked foul simply in need of Pesky’s Pole.
Génesis Cabrera escaped a bases-loaded jam within the seventh, getting Masataka Yoshida to fly out to finish the inning.
“Played two good games and we lost in the ninth and today they kicked our butt,” Red Sox supervisor Alex Cora mentioned.
DAD KNOWS
Standing on the sphere about two hours earlier than the sport, Red Sox pitcher Chris Sale requested how the Boston Celtics have been doing in Game 7 of their NBA playoff sequence towards Philadelphia. When knowledgeable All-Star ahead Jayson Tatum had 25 factors at halftime, the lefty mentioned: “He’s my oldest son’s favorite athlete. He says it’s me, but I think that’s just to make me feel good. He has two of his jerseys and only one of mine.”
BACK INTO IT
Cardinals catcher Willson Contreras was stretching and squatting with a catcher’s mitt within the clubhouse earlier than the sport. After a break from catching, Contreras is slated to be again behind the plate Monday towards Milwaukee. He was moved to DH on May 5.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Cardinals: OF Dylan Carlson left the sport with a sprained left ankle.
Red Sox: INF Trevor Story (elbow surgical procedure) is understanding on the group’s complicated in Florida.
UP NEXT
Cardinals: RHP Jack Flaherty (2-4, 6.18 ERA) is scheduled to start out the opener of a three-game sequence towards the Milwaukee Brewers at residence, dealing with RHP Freddy Peralta (4-2, 3.32).
Red Sox: RHP Tanner Houck (3-2, 5.26) begins the opener of a three-game sequence Monday at Fenway towards Seattle RHP George Kirby (4-2, 2.62).
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