Jordan Walker Slams 7th Home Run, but Red Sox Clobber Cardinals 9-3

ST LOUIS, MISSOURI - APRIL 12: Jordan Walker #18 of the St. Louis Cardinals hits a solo home run against the Boston Red Sox in the second inning at Busch Stadium on April 12, 2026 in St Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Joe Puetz/Getty Images) | Getty Images

Jordan Walker continued his torrid start to the 2026 season, but Andre Pallante had a disappointing start while Brayan Bello was impressive as the Boston Red Sox clobbered the St. Louis Cardinals 9-3 Sunday afternoon.

The Red Sox didn’t wait long to get on the board as former Cardinal Willson Contreras hit a two-run homer to deep right-center field making it 2-0 Red Sox.

The Red Sox would add to their lead in the 2nd inning as Trevor Story singled followed by Mayer. One out later, Rafaela was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Story would score on a groundout by Roman Anthony making it 3-0.

Jordan Walker would get the Cardinals on the board in the bottom of the 3rd inning when he waited on a pitch and drove it to deep left centerfield for his 7th home run of the season. Jordan Walker has accounted for 31.3% of the runs produced by the Cardinals this season.

Andre Pallante allowed the Red Sox to load the bases in the top of the 4th inning which set the stage for Duran to double in everyone scoring Durbin, Wong and Rafaela making it 6-1 Red Sox. Willson Contreras stayed hot singling in Duran to make it 7-1 Red Sox. Pallante was able to finish 5 innings, but gave up 10 hits and 7 earned runs with 1 walk and 2 strikeouts. Brayan Bello, on the other hand, impressed going 6 2/3 innings only giving up 2 earned runs on 6 hits.

The Cardinals would show signs of life in the bottom of the 6th inning when Ivan Herrera walked, Alec Burleson singled to right followed by and laser single by Jordan Walker into centerfield. Herrera would score on a sacrifice fly by Nolan Gorman to deep right-center making it 7-2 Red Sox.

Alec Burleson would add one more tally in the bottom of the 8th inning when he hit a no-doubt home run to deep center field making it 7-3 Red Sox.

Trevor Story added a two-run RBI single in the 9th inning off reliever Jared Shuster making it 9-3 Red Sox which ended up being the final score.

Sunday’s loss brings the Cardinals to 8-7 on the season. According to MLB.com, Matthew Liberatore will start Monday’s game against the Cleveland Guardians at Busch Stadium. Game time is 6:45pm central time.