ALL SQUARE: Koji Uehara picks off rookie pinch-runner Kolten Wong at first base for the final out - with postseason star Carlos Beltran at the plate - and the Red Sox win 4-2 to tie the Series at two games apiece. Game 5 is Monday night at Busch Stadium. UNUSUAL MOVE: Looking for a setup man, the Red Sox found one in their starting rotation. John Lackey worked a scoreless eighth inning to protect a 4-2 lead for Boston. The right-hander's only regular-season relief appearance in 324 career games came in 2004 with the Angels. He also had two relief outings in the 2002 postseason, when he was a rookie. Lackey started Game 2 and is slated to get the ball again in Game 6, so this was probably his regular throw day. No doubt closer Koji Uehara will be on in the ninth. CLOSING THE GAP: Matt Carpenter's run-scoring single off Red Sox reliever Craig Breslow cuts it to 4-2 in the seventh. That was it, though. Junichi Tazawa retired Matt Holliday on a sharp grounder to end the inning. Holliday hit a tiebreaking, two-run double off Tazawa in a key situation Saturday night. SIGH OF RELIEF: What a job by left-hander Felix Doubront in relief of Boston starter Clay Buchholz. Doubront retired his first eight batters before Shane Robinson's pinch-hit double chased him in the seventh. The left-hander struck out three - all looking - in 2 2-3 innings. He stands to win if the rest of the Red Sox bullpen can hang on. Normally a starter, Doubront was annoyed that he was left out of the playoff rotation. He also gave Boston two scoreless innings of relief Saturday night in Game 3. SUPER SUB: A three-run homer by Jonny Gomes gives the Red Sox a 4-1 lead in the sixth inning as they try to tie the Series at two games apiece. Turns out, Shane Victorino's stiff lower back was a stroke of luck for Boston. Gomes wasn't even in the lineup until Victorino was pulled about 75 minutes before the first pitch. Pretty good late addition. As he headed back to the dugout, a couple of Red Sox gave a good tug on Gomes' ample beard. Mike Napoli went with a hard, two-handed yank that had to hurt. Gomes was 0 for 9 in the Series before connecting and 5 for 41 in his postseason career. He connected off reliever Seth Maness, a sinkerball specialist who left a 2-2 pitch up in the strike zone. Gomes didn't miss it, and Maness hung his head after watching the ball sail out to left. TIED UP: Cardinals starter Lance Lynn had faced the minimum through four innings before David Ortiz opened the fifth with a double. That got the Red Sox going. Gomes worked a 10-pitch walk and rookie Xander Bogaerts walked to load the bases. Ortiz scored on a sacrifice fly by slumping Stephen Drew, tying it at 1. But that was it for Boston. David Ross struck out and pinch-hitter Mike Carp, batting for Buchholz, grounded out. A fired-up Lynn yelled in excitement and did a little shimmy-shake as he headed back to the dugout. Doubront replaces Buchholz in the fifth and struck out two in an impressive inning. Matt Carpenter and Matt Holliday both go down looking. Doubront is pitching on consecutive days for the fourth time in his major league career. The last time was Sept.