Final: Red Sox 6, Cardinals 4

Nick Pivetta overcame some early wildness and pitched seven innings of one-run ball while four different Red Sox hitters knocked in runs as the Sox took the rubber game of their interleague series with the St. Louis Cardinals, 6-4. The win gave the Sox five consecutive series wins.

Pivetta walked four in the first three innings, but settled down thereafter and finished strong, striking out the final four hitters he faced, giving him 10 strikeouts.

The Sox got a solo homer from Trevor Story to open the scoring and a three-run shot from Christian Vazquez in the eighth for plenty of insurance, which was 

WHO: Red Sox (35-31) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (38-29)
WHEN: 1:35 p.m.
WHERE: Fenway Park
SERIES TO DATE: 1-1
STARTING PITCHERS: RHP Nick Pivetta  (6-5, 3.50)  vs. RHP Andre Pallante (2-1, 1.46)

LINEUPS

RED SOX

Refsnyder RF
Devers 3B
Martinez DH
Bogaerts SS
Verdugo LF
Story 2B
Vazquez C
Bradley Jr. CF
Dalbec 1B

CARDINALS

Edman SS
Donovan 2B
Goldschmidt 1B
Arenado 3B
O'Neil LF
Carlson RF
Pujols DH
Bader CF
Herrera C