Baseball-World Series Game Four play-by-play

(Updates at end of game) Oct 27 (Reuters) - Play by play of Sunday's Game Four in Major League Baseball's World Series between the Boston Red Sox and St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium. Pre-game: St. Louis led the series 2-1 after the teams split the first two games at Fenway Park and the Cardinals won Game Three at home. The Red Sox won the opening game 8-1 then the Cardinals won the second game 4-2 and third game 5-4 on an obstruction call. Boston made two changes to their lineup. Catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia, whose wild throw to third base led to the obstruction ruling, was relegated to the bench. David Ross, who started in Game One, took his place. Shane Victorino, originally set for right field, was scratched because of lower back pain and replaced by Jonny Gomes in the lineup. Gomes moved to left field so Daniel Nava could switch to right field. Clay Buchholz was named as starting pitcher for the Red Sox. The Cardinals also made one change, with Daniel Descalso replacing Pete Kozma at shortstop. David Freese and Jon Jay switched batting positions with Freese moving to seven and Jay to sixth. Lance Lynn will be on the mound for St. Louis. American country music group Rascal Flatts sang the national anthem. This is what the rival managers said just before the game. Mike Matheny (Cardinals): "We're all trying to get our heads around what happened. A lot of us had to go through that game and realize that we had a lot of things that didn't go the way we wanted it to go, and not very often do you have that many missed opportunities against a very good team. You miss those, you don't typically end up on the winning side. There were a lot of things pointing in a bad direction for us, but fortunately the guys kept putting their heads down." John Farrell (Red Sox): "I think the one thing that's been a strong characteristic of this team and the leadership within our club is the ability to put yesterday behind us, good, bad, indifferent. Once we get on the field and begin our work and the routines that will come out of our BP (batting practice) and the first pitch thrown, our focus and intent is clearly on tonight. We can't go back to yesterday." - - Starting Lineups: Boston: Jacoby Ellsbury (CF), Daniel Nava (RF), Dustin Pedroia (2B), David Ortiz (1B), Jonny Gomes (LF), Xander Bogaerts (3B), Stephen Drew (SS), David Ross (C), Clay Buchholz (P) St. Louis: Matt Carpenter (2B), Carlos Beltran (RF), Matt Holliday (LF), Matt Adams (1B), Yadier Molina (C), Jon Jay (CF), David Freese (3B), Daniel Descalso (SS), Lance Lynn (P) - - First inning Lynn made a solid start, retiring the first three Boston batters in order in a 13-pitch inning that ended with Perdoia striking out. Buchholz also registered a 1-2-3 on 13 pitches, finishing with Holliday grounding out to third. Boston 0, St. Louis 0 - - Second inning Ortiz made it to first with an infield shot after breaking his bat but was out at second on a double play when Gomes grounded to third. Buchholz passed his first test after Molina doubled to right and Jay was walked. Buchholz got his first strike when Freese went down looking. Boston 0, St. Louis 0 - - Third inning Boston went down in order with Lynn striking out Ross and Buchholz. The Cardinals opened their account when Carpenter singled to center then advanced to second on an error by Ellsbury. Carpenter scored when Beltran singled to right. Boston 0, St. Louis 1 - - Fourth inning Another quick inning for Lynn, who picked up his fourth strikeout when he got Pedroia swinging. Boston only had one hit from the first four innings. Buchholz survived a few anxious moments without any damage. He walked Jay and threw a wild pitch that allowed Freese, who had reached on a force out, to steal second but finished off the inning without giving up any more runs. Boston 0, St. Louis 1 - - Fifth inning The Red Sox tied up the game when Ortiz scored. Ortiz doubled to second then advanced to third when Gomes and Bogaerts were walked. He made it home when Drew hit a sacrifice fly to left. Felix Doubront relieved Buchholz and made a strong start, taking down the Cardinals in order and striking out Carpenter and Holliday looking. Boston 1, St. Louis 1 - - Sixth inning The Red Sox grabbed the lead with a three-run homer from Gomes. With two outs, Pedroia singled to left then advanced to second when Ortiz was walked. Seth Maness relieved Lynn and Gomes blasted a shot over the left field wall. Doubront made light work of the St. Louis inning, retiring Adams, Molina and Jay in order. Boston 4, St. Louis 1 - - Seventh inning Maness retired Ross and Doubront then was relieved by Randy Choate, who got Ellsbury to fly out to right. The Cardinals cut the deficit to one run. Shane Robinson, hitting for Choate, doubled to center, then scored when Carpenter singled to right off Craig Breslow, who relieved Choate, then was replaced by Junichi Tazawa. Boston 4, St. Louis 2 - - Eighth inning Kevin Siegrist relieved Choate and Ortiz singled to center. John Axford relieved Siegrist and Quintin Berry was called in as a pinch runner for Ortiz. Berry stole second but Axford struck out Bogaerts with a breaking ball to end the inning. John Lackey made his first relief appearance since 2004, taking over from Tazawa. Molina got to second on a throwing error from Bogaerts at third then advanced to third on a wild pitch. But Lackey, who started in Game Two, retired Jay and Freese. Boston 4, St. Louis 2 - - Ninth inning Boston goes down in order with Axford finishing off the inning striking out Mike Napoli, having his first at bat since the series moved to St. Louis. Koji Uehara relieved Lackey for the final inning. Allen Craig, hitting for Axford, singled to deep right. Kolten Wong was called in to pinch run for Craig but was picked off with two outs, ending the game as the Red Sox levelled the series at 2-2. Final score: Boston 4, St. Louis 2 - - (Reporting by Julian Linden, Editing by Gene Cherry)