In a epic battle in Boston, the Cardinals fell 5-3 in 13 innings, at the hands of the Boston Red Sox.

Brian Barton and Ryan Ludwick got the scoring started early with basehits. The Cardinals, and Joel Piniero, led 2-0 through 6, until Kevin Youkilis hit a solo homerun in the 7th.

Boston then got 2 runs in the 8th, but the Cardinals got hit a 2 out double from Adam Kennedy in the 9th off Johnathon Paplebon to tie the game at 3.

The scored stayed at 3-3 until the 13th inning when Youkilis went deep again, a 2 run shot to win the game for the Red Sox 5-3.