BOS 2, STL 7 | May 18, 2024 | The Best Box Score

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Saturday, May 18, 2024•Busch Stadium•82°F, Clear

BOS

Red Sox

STL

Cardinals

Final

WIN

JoJo Romero

LOSS

Justin Slaten

The Cardinals cruised past the Red Sox 7-2 in a dominant performance.

Key Moment

Top 8: Rob Refsnyder doubles (6) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Lars Nootbaar. Jarren Duran scores.

Weather: 82°F, ClearWind: 3 mph, In From RFFirst pitch: 11:15 PM UTCT: 2:40Att: 40,690Venue: Busch Stadium

Ump Audit

Mark Wegner

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96.3%A

5 missed calls

No WPA favor

No run favor

Win Probability

STL WinBOS Win

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

Game 745177 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Boston Red Sox

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Jarren DuranLF	4	1	1	0	0	1	.273/.344/.439	106.3	.268	.255
Rob RefsnyderRF	1	0	1	1	0	0	.345/.455/.545	105.9	.603	.1005
Connor WongC	4	0	0	0	0	0	.349/.376/.532	106.8	.178	.164
Rafael Devers3B	4	1	1	1	0	1	.284/.381/.537	106.6	.394	.632
Tyler O'NeillDH	4	0	1	0	0	1	.254/.362/.531	97.5	.262	.255
Dominic Smith1B	4	0	0	0	0	3	.174/.224/.239	81.1	.242	.231
Vaughn Grissom2B	3	0	0	0	0	1	.149/.167/.170	100.7	.355	.360
Romy GonzalezSS	1	0	1	0	0	0	.333/.391/.333	100.9	.595	.641
Ceddanne RafaelaCF	3	0	0	0	0	0	.197/.228/.355	101.3	.267	.281
Bench
Wilyer AbreuRF	2	0	0	0	1	0	.260/.348/.455	109.2	.116	.113
David HamiltonSS	2	0	1	0	0	0	.236/.300/.382
Totals	32	2	6	2	1	7	-	-	-	-

HR:Devers (4th off Mikolas, 0 on, 1 out)

2B:Refsnyder; Hamilton

TB:11

RBI:Refsnyder; Devers

SB:Abreu

GIDP:Smith

Team LOB:4

St. Louis Cardinals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Brendan DonovanLF	4	1	1	0	1	0	.233/.315/.378	96.4	.160

Pitching

Boston Red Sox

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Kutter Crawford	5.2	6	1	1	2	5	1	99-68	87.4	2.17
Brennan Bernardino	1.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	21-11	89.8	0.89
Justin SlatenL	1.0	5	5	4	0	1	0	26-18	89.1	3.38
Zack Kelly	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	18-14	90.9	1.54
Totals	8.0	14	7	6	3	7	1	164-111	-	-

Inherited runners-scored:Bernardino 2-0; Slaten 2-0; Kelly 2-2

Pitches-strikes:Crawford 99-68; Bernardino 21-11; Slaten 26-18; Kelly 18-14

Groundouts-flyouts:Crawford 4-7; Bernardino 1-0; Slaten 1-1; Kelly 0-1

St. Louis Cardinals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Miles Mikolas	5.0	2	1	1	1	4	1	79-54	89.2	5.77

Game Notes

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T8Replay review: Red Sox challenged (tag play), call on the field was upheld: Romy Gonzalez singles on a sharp line drive to left fielder Brendan Donovan. Romy Gonzalez out at 2nd on the throw, left fielder Brendan Donovan to second baseman Nolan Gorman.

Bot 2 • STL

0-1

Nolan Gorman homers (7) on a fly ball to right field.

EV: 105.2 mph💣 372 ftLA: 26°

Top 4 • BOS

1-1

Rafael Devers homers (8) on a fly ball to center field.

EV: 106.6 mph💣 431 ftLA: 23°

Bot 7 • STL

1-2

Lars Nootbaar grounds out, first baseman Dominic Smith to second baseman Vaughn Grissom. Masyn Winn scores. Dylan Carlson to 3rd. Brendan Donovan to 2nd.

EV: 71.1 mph2 ftLA: -57°

Top 8 • BOS

2-2

Rob Refsnyder doubles (6) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Lars Nootbaar. Jarren Duran scores.

EV: 105.9 mph340 ftLA: 20°

Bot 8 • STL

2-3

Iván Herrera singles on a sharp ground ball to left fielder Jarren Duran. Nolan Arenado scores. Alec Burleson to 2nd.

EV: 105.5 mph64 ftLA: 2°

2-4

Nolan Gorman singles on a line drive to right fielder Rob Refsnyder. Alec Burleson scores. Iván Herrera to 3rd.

EV: 72.4 mph204 ftLA: 23°

2-5

Masyn Winn out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Rob Refsnyder. Iván Herrera scores.

EV: 85.3 mph273 ftLA: 37°

2-7

Lars Nootbaar singles on a sharp ground ball to right fielder Rob Refsnyder. Nolan Gorman scores. Brendan Donovan scores. Lars Nootbaar to 3rd. Fielding error by right fielder Rob Refsnyder.

EV: 108.4 mph35 ftLA: -2°

Bench
Michael SianiCF	1	0	1	0	1	0	.230/.296/.270	100.2	.945	.921
Miles MikolasP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
John KingP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Andrew KittredgeP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
JoJo RomeroP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Kyle LeahyP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-