Willson Contreras had four hits, including a two-run home run, and drove in three runs to lead the visiting Boston Red Sox to a 9-3 victory Sunday against the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium.<\/p>\n
Jarren Duran also collected three RBI for Boston, which received four hits and two RBI from Trevor Story. After losing 3-2 on Friday night, Red Sox won the final two games in the three-game series.<\/p>\n
Jordan Walker and Alec Burleson each hit a solo home run and a single for the Cardinals, who trailed 7-1 after four innings. Walker\u2019s home run was his MLB-leading seventh of the season. He homered six times in 363 at-bats during the 2025 season.<\/p>\n
Brayan Bello (1-1) limited the Cardinals to two runs on six hits in 6 2\/3 innings. He struck out two and walked two.<\/p>\n
St. Louis starter Andre Pallante (1-1) gave up seven runs on 10 hits in five innings and took the loss. Pallante issued one walk and struck out two.<\/p>\n
Contreras handed Boston a 2-0 lead when he homered against Pallante with Caleb Durbin aboard in the first. It was his third home run of the season.<\/p>\n
The Red Sox extended their lead to 3-0 in the second when Story scored on Roman Anthony\u2019s groundout to third with the bases loaded. It was 3-1 after Walker homered in the bottom of the second.<\/p>\n
The Red Sox added three runs in the fourth on Duran\u2019s bases-loaded double, and Duran increased the lead to 7-1 by scoring when Contreras singled.<\/p>\n
The Cardinals pushed a run across in the bottom of the sixth. Ivan Herrera scored on Nolan Gorman\u2019s sacrifice fly to make it 7-2.<\/p>\n
After Burleson homered against Zack Kelly to cut Boston\u2019s lead to 7-3 in the eighth, Story hit a two-run double that drove in Wilyer Abreu and Duran in the ninth.<\/p>\n
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