Red Sox bring 1-0 series advantage over Cardinals into game 2

St. Louis Cardinals (4-3) vs. Boston Red Sox (4-4)

Boston; Saturday, 4:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Cardinals: Andre Pallante (1-0, 3.60 ERA, 1.20 WHIP, three strikeouts); Red Sox: Richard Fitts (0-1, 4.50 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, four strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Red Sox -125, Cardinals +105; over/under is 9 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Red Sox lead 1-0 in a three-game series with the St. Louis Cardinals.

Boston went 81-81 overall and 38-43 in home games last season. The Red Sox slugged .423 as a team last season with 3.3 extra base hits per game.

St. Louis went 83-79 overall and 39-42 in road games a season ago. The Cardinals slugged .392 as a team in the 2024 season while hitting 1.0 home run per game.

INJURIES: Red Sox: Brayan Bello: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Zach Penrod: 60-Day IL (elbow), Masataka Yoshida: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Kutter Crawford: 15-Day IL (knee), Lucas Giolito: 15-Day IL (hamstring), Chris Murphy: 60-Day IL (elbow), Liam Hendriks: 15-Day IL (elbow), Patrick Sandoval: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Cardinals: Nolan Gorman: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Zack Thompson: 15-Day IL (lat)

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