SCORE: Red Sox 3, Cardinals 1 (five innings, rain)

RECORD: 7-12

BREAKDOWN: Pablo Sandoval hit a two-run homer off Michael Wacha in the fourth inning. Mookie Betts followed with a solo shot in the fifth. Both were to center field. Joe Kelly allowed one run over 4? innings and struck out five.

THUMBS UP: Hanley Ramirez made a diving play to smother a ball in the fourth inning then came up in the bottom of the frame and slapped a double to left field. He scored when Sandoval homered.

THUMBS DOWN: Xander Bogaerts was 0 for 3 and is now hitting .179/.258/.214 this spring. He has one extra-base hit.

MEDICAL REPORT: Jackie Bradley Jr., scratched from the lineup on Friday because of a stiff right forearm, was back in center field. He was 0 for 2.

AROUND THE BASES: The game was called after a 30-minute delay . . . A group of children from The Jimmy Fund were at the game and mingled with the Sox players beforehand . . . The Red Sox reassigned righthander Sean O’Sullivan to minor league camp. He appeared in three games and allowed three runs in 6? innings. The Sox now have 45 players in camp.

NEXT GAME: The Sox play the Mets on Sunday at 1:05 p.m. in Port St. Lucie. The game will be on NESN, MLB Network, and WEEI-FM.

Peter Abraham