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Clay Buchholz pitched into the fifth inning, Pablo Sandoval and Jackie Bradley Jr. each drove in two runs and the Boston Red Sox beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3 Monday.

Buchholz gave up one run and five hits in 4 2/3 innings. He missed much of last season with an elbow strain.

"I thought today was a better outing for him," Boston manager John Farrell said. "I thought he threw the ball well, a higher number of strikes today."

Buchholz had allowed four earned runs in 5 1/3 innings earlier this spring. He'll get two more starts before the regular season.

"The changeup was the pitch that I was wanting to throw more today because it hasn't been quite there yet," Buchholz said. "I threw a lot of good changeups today."

Indians 9, White Sox 4

Melky Cabrera got his first home run of the spring and had a run-scoring double against Carlos Carrasco but the Cleveland Indians rallied for a 9-4 win over the Chicago White Sox on Monday.

Carrasco, pitching on his 29th birthday, allowed three runs on six hits and struck out four.

"He stayed aggressive," Indians manager Terry Francona said. "He made a couple mistakes, but we didn't complete a couple plays behind him."

Todd Frazier singled to open the second inning and scored on Cabrera's double. Tyler Saladino doubled home a run in the fourth. Frazier singled home a run off Bryan Shaw in the fifth.

White Sox starter Scott Carroll allowed two hits over three scoreless innings. Carroll is competing for a bullpen spot.

Monday, March 21 Scoreboard

Boston 4, St. Louis 3            

Philadelphia 4, Detroit 3            

Pittsburgh 2, Minnesota 0                 

Washington 5, Houston 3            

Atlanta 7, Pittsburgh 3            

Miami 2, New York Mets 1            
    
Cleveland 9, Chicago White Sox 4
    
Milwaukee 4, Los Angeles Angels 3            

Colorado 9, Texas 6

Seattle 6, Los Angeles Dodgers 3            

Oakland 6, San Francisco 4            
     
Arizona 3, Milwaukee 2            

San Diego 8, Cincinnati 5

Tuesday, March 22 Schedule (All Times Central)

Boston at Miami, 11:05 a.m.

Toronto at Detroit, 11:05 a.m.

Baltimore at Minnesota, 11:05 a.m.

Atlanta at Houston, 11:05 a.m.

Minnesota at Philadelphia, 11:05 a.m.

Tampa Bay at Cuba, 11:30 a.m.

San Francisco at Chicago White Sox, 2:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati, 2:05 p.m.

Oakland at Los Angeles Angels, 2:10 p.m.

Texas at San Diego, 2:10 p.m.

Milwaukee at Colorado, 2:10 p.m.

Los Angeles at Salt Lake, 4 p.m.
            
New York at New York, 4:35 p.m.

Los Angeles Dodgers at Kansas City, 7:05 p.m.

San Francisco at Arizona, 8:10 p.m.