Devers homers for 5th straight game in Red Sox victory

Red Sox

By STEVE OVERBEY, Associated Press

May 19, 2024 | 5:40 p.m.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Rafael Devers tied a Boston record by homering in his fifth straight game, and the Red Sox beat the St. Louis Cardinals 11-3 Sunday to end a four-game losing streak, a season high.

Devers hit a two-run homer in the sixth off Ryan Fernandez, his ninth homer this season. He became the seventh Boston player to homer in five consecutive games, the first since Bobby Dalbec from September 5-10, 2020.

Tyler O’Neill homered against his former team as Boston bounced back from falling two games below .500 for the first time this season. The Red Sox beat St. Louis 14-6.

Nick Pivetta (2-2) allowed one run and one hit in six innings with eight strikeouts and no walks.

O’Neill, who played for St. Louis from 2018-23, had two hits and two walks. He hit his 11th home run of the season, a leadoff in the first inning against Matthew Liberatore (1-2).

Garrett Cooper hit an RBI double in the second, and Boston opened a 4-0 lead in the fourth thanks to Romy González’s RBI double and Jarren Duran’s triple.

Liberatore allowed four runs and six hits in three innings.

Lars Nootbaar scored for St. Louis, which had won five of its previous six games.

Pinch hitter David Hamilton hit a solo homer for the Red Sox in the ninth off Nick Robertson.

TRAINERS ROOM

Cardinals: RHP Giovanny Gallegos held a bullpen session Friday. He suffered a 15-day IL on May 6 due to right shoulder impingement.

FOLLOWING

Red Sox: RHP Tanner Houck (3-5, 2.17) will open a three-game series Monday against Tampa Bay and RHP Taj Bradley (1-1, 2.45). Houck threw a career-high 112 pitches in 5 2/3 innings in a 4-3 loss to the Rays on Wednesday.

Cardinals: RHP Sonny Gray (5-2, 3.05) will start the series opener Monday against Baltimore and RHP Dean Kremer (3-3, 3.72).