The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Boston Red Sox 8-6 on May 12, 2023 at Fenway Park.
Final · Fenway Park
Top performers
- Nolan Arenado went 4-for-5 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Cardinals.
- Adam Wainwright pitched 5.0 innings for the Cardinals, allowing 4 earned runs with 2 strikeouts.
- Connor Wong went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Red Sox.
- James Paxton pitched 5.0 innings for the Red Sox, allowing 2 earned runs with 9 strikeouts.
St. Louis Cardinals box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Goldschmidt | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nolan Arenado | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Willson Contreras | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Tommy Edman | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Andrew Knizner | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lars Nootbaar | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Brendan Donovan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nolan Gorman | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 29 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 6 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Wainwright | 5.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Ryan Helsley | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Andre Pallante | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Genesis Cabrera | 0.1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
Boston Red Sox box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Verdugo | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Enrique Hernandez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rafael Devers | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Connor Wong | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Masataka Yoshida | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Justin Turner | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jarren Duran | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Reese McGuire | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Raimel Tapia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 25 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Paxton | 5.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| Richard Bleier | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Brasier | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Brennan Bernardino | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenley Jansen | 0.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 8.1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 2 |
Before and after
- Cardinals · 2023 season · Previous May 10, 2023: STL 4, CHC 10 · Next May 13, 2023: STL 4, BOS 3
- Red Sox · 2023 season · Previous May 10, 2023: BOS 5, ATL 2 · Next May 13, 2023: STL 4, BOS 3