Red Sox Crown Cardinals, 7 to 6

ST. LOUIS: 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 - 6 8 1

BOSTON: 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 - 7 10 1

Continuing their winning ways at home, the Boston Red Sox hosted the St. Louis Cardinals today and survived a late game rally by the Cardinals in City of Palms Park. Most of the game went smoothly along for the Red Sox until the seventh inning when the Cardinals began hitting. Even though most of Boston's hits had already occurred (seven hits for two runs), the three hits in the eighth and ninth produced five runs and the victory. Overall, the Red Sox hits to runs ratio in the game was good, but they did leave ten men on base. Should have been a higher scoring game for Boston. In any case, Beckett had an excellent outing and that is marvelous.

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ST. LOUIS: Starting Pitcher: Chris Carpenter, Losing Pitcher: Evan MacLane
BOSTON: Starting Pitcher: Josh Beckett, Winning Pitcher: Scott Patterson (1)
BOSTON: Homerun: Jose Iglesias (1)
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RED SOX: Wins: 6, Losses 2
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Next Spring Training game: Tuesday 9 March 2010, 10:05 a.m.PT/1:05 p.m.ET, Florida Marlins, Roger Dean Stadium, Tim Wakefield

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