Cardinals pitcher Lance Lynn left Game 4 of the World Series Sunday with the game tied 1-1 and two men on, but a home run just after he left the game gave him three earned runs on three hits and three walks while striking out five in 5 2/3 innings in his team's 4-2 loss to the Red Sox, which evened the World Series at 2-2.
Lynn racked up four strikeouts, gave up one hit and faced the minimum amount of batters through four innings. He ran into trouble in the fifth inning, giving up a lead-off double then walking the next two batters to load the bases with no outs. He allowed just one run (on a sacrifice fly) to limit the damage and keep his team tied heading into the bottom of the fifth.
Lynn next recorded the first two outs of the sixth inning before allowing a single and walking David Ortiz, ending his night after 89 pitches. The damage was done soon after, as he was charged with two extra runs when reliever Seth Maness surrendered a three-run homer to Jonny Gomes.
The Cardinals head into a critical Game 5 Monday, a game the team will likely consider "must win" with the series guaranteed to go back to Boston.