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The story of Red Sox-Cardinals on Friday night at Fenway Park was always going to be about James Paxton.
That didn't stop Enmanuel Valdez from having a special moment of his own, however.
Valdez, playing in a Major League Baseball game in front of his family for the very first time, gave the Red Sox a lead over the Cardinals in the bottom of the fifth inning with a home run off St. Louis legend Adam Wainwright. It was the second home run of the 24-year-old's rookie season.
That wasn't the end of Boston's light show, though, as Connor Wong followed Valdez's home run up with one of his very own on the very next pitch.
The back-to-back jacks gave the Red Sox a 4-2 lead over the Cardinals following five innings.
