Red Sox Lose to St. Louis 3-2 in Series Opener Friday Night [VIDEO]

The Boston Red Sox lost to the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 on Friday night, April 10th, in the series opener, managing just 5 hits on the night.

Connolly Early started on the mound for Boston and managed to go only 4.1 innings, allowing 5 hits and 1 run, striking out 5 and walking 2. Zach Kelly took the loss (0-1) being tagged with 2 run on 2 hits and walking 1, before he retired the final 2 outs in the 5th inning.

Tyler Samaniego, Greg Weissert and Jovani Moran combined to hold St. Louis to jus 1 hit in the final 3 innings, striking out a combined 4 batters and walking 3.

Wilyer Abreu had 2 of Boston's 5 hits. Ceddanne Rafaela had a double. Masataka Yoshida and Marcello Mayer each ha a single.

Trevor Story scored 1 of Boston's runs with a steal of home in the 4th inning.

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Boston is now 4-9 and St. Louis is 8-5. The 2 teams will play game 2 of the 3 game series on Saturday night, April 11th with the pregame starting at 6:15 and 1st pitch at 7:15 on WDEA AM 1370.

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