ST. LOUIS (AP) _ Pinch-hitter Chris Young singled home the tiebreaking run in
the 13th inning and the Boston Red Sox rallied past the St. Louis Cardinals 5-4
on Wednesday night to sweep their two-game interleague series.
Jackie Bradley Jr. hit a two-run homer in the seventh off starter Mike Leake to
begin Boston’s comeback from a four-run deficit. The Red Sox tied it in the
eighth against reliever Trevor Rosenthal when Xander Bogaerts hit an RBI triple
and scored on Andrew Benintendi’s sacrifice fly.
Fernando Abad (1-0) tossed two scoreless innings for the win, and Ben Taylor
got three outs for his first major league save.
Dexter Fowler hit a leadoff homer for the Cardinals, who had won eight of 10.
It was his fifth home run this season and the 22nd leadoff shot of his career.
Sam Tuivailala (2-1) took the loss.
Boston improved to 3-17 when trailing after seven innings, while St. Louis fell
to 19-1 when leading after seven.
St. Louis has Thursday off before beginning a weekend series at home against
San Francisco.
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