St. Louis Cardinals (4-2) vs. Boston Red Sox (3-4)
Boston; Friday, 2:10 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Cardinals: Erick Fedde (1-0, 1.50 ERA, 0.33 WHIP, two strikeouts); Red Sox: Walker Buehler (0-1, 8.31 ERA, 1.61 WHIP, three strikeouts)
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Red Sox -138, Cardinals +118; over/under is 9 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The St. Louis Cardinals play the Boston Red Sox after Ivan Herrera hit three home runs against the Angels on Wednesday.
Boston had an 81-81 record overall and a 38-43 record at home last season. The Red Sox slugged .423 as a team last season with 3.3 extra base hits per game.
St. Louis had an 83-79 record overall and a 39-42 record on the road last season. The Cardinals slugged .392 as a team last season with 2.7 extra base hits 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: Zack Thompson: 15-Day IL (lat)
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