Young’s RBI Single Lifts Red Sox Over Cardinals 5-4 in 13 Innings
Thursday, May 18, 2017
In the bottom of the 13th Ben Taylor came on and got the Cardinals in order for his first major league save. He was the 8th pitcher used by the Red Sox in the game.
Boston sweeps the two-game series with the Cardinals and improve to 21-18 on the season.
Red Sox Come Back
The Red Sox trailed 4-0 in the seventh inning against Cardinals' pitcher Mike Leake, who had only given up five hits to that point.
Jackie Bradley jr. got the Red Sox on the board with a two-run home run, scoring Mitch Moreland to cut the Cardinals' lead to 4-2. The home run was Bradley's second in two games and fourth of the season.
Boston would tie the game at four in the 8th when Dustin Pedroia drew and walk and Xander Bogaerts followed up with an RBI triple to pull the Red Sox within one.
Bogaerts would score on a sacrifice fly by Andrew Benintendi to tie the game at 4.
The teams would combine for a total of two hits until Young's heroics the 13th inning won the game for Boston.
Next up
The Red Sox return to action on Thursday, May 18 when they visit the Oakland A’s. First pitch is set for 10:05 p.m.
The pitching matchup is Boston’s Hector Velázquez against Oakland’s Sonny Gray.
Related Slideshow: The History of Baseball in Central Massachusetts
Baseball and Central Mass. go way back - to the 1860s. The local historical landmarks range from Mudville to Hotel Vernon to Fitton Field. A version of these highlights is posted on the site of the new, yet-to-be-formally-named Worcester Baseballteam of the three-year-old Futures Collegiate Baseball League.
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