Yoenis Cespedes led off the ninth against Trevor Rosenthal (1-6)
with a single and Mike Napoli followed with a double before
pinch-hitter David Ortiz was walked intentionally to load the bases.
Bogaerts drove Rosenthal's next pitch to center field, allowing
Cespedes to trot home for the go-ahead run, and All-Star Koji Uehara
worked around two hits in the bottom half for his 23rd save.
Bogaerts also plated a run with a double and Napoli recorded two
hits for the Red Sox, who halted a three-game slide with their third
win in 14 contests. Junichi Tazawa (2-3) notched the victory with a
perfect inning in relief of Joe Kelly, who had an excellent debut
for Boston by allowing one run and three hits over seven innings
against his former team.
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Matt Adams went 2-for-4 with an RBI for the Cardinals, who remained
one game behind first-place Milwaukee in the National League Central
and saw their lead over Pittsburgh for the second wild-card spot
shrink to one-half game. Shelby Miller settled for a no-decision
after holding Boston to one run and four hits over seven innings.
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St. Louis got to Kelly for an early run as Matt Carpenter led off the
first inning with a double and scored on Adams' single three batters
later. The Red Sox answered in the fourth, when Bogaerts followed Daniel
Nava's two-out single with an RBI double.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The start of the game was delayed 63 minutes due to rain.
... Adams led off the ninth inning with a single, which was the first
hit for St. Louis since C A.J. Pierzynski's leadoff single in the
second. ... Miller has allowed a total of five runs and 10 hits over 18
2/3 innings in his last three starts but is just 1-0 in that span.
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