The St. Louis Cardinals and Detroit Tigers played the last game of their three-game series. The Tigers took the first two games of the series. They won the home opener 4-0 on Friday and then a rain-shortened eight-inning game 11-6. Keider Montero got the ball for Detroit as he replaced Justin Verlander, who was placed on the injured list. Kyle Leahy got the ball for the Cardinals tonight.
St. Louis Cardinals Starting Lineup
2B – JJ Wetherholt
DH – Ivan Herrera
1B – Alec Burleson
RF – Jordan Walker
3B – Nolan Gorman
SS – Thomas Saggese
LF – Nathan Church
C – Pedro Pagés
CF – Victor Scott
RHP – Kyle Leahy
Detroit Tigers Starting Lineup
DH – Colt Keith
3B – Kevin McGonigle
2B – Gleyber Torres
RF – Kerry Carpenter
LF – Riley Greene
C – Dillon Dingler
CF – Parker Meadows
1B – Spencer Torkelson
SS – Javier Baez
RHP – Keider Montero
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Cardinals vs. Tigers
First Three: Tigers Score Early
The Tigers would threaten in the bottom of the second as Parker Meadows got a two-out single and Spencer Torkelson walked, but Kyle Leahy got out of the jam. Keider Montero got through the first three innings, allowing just one base runner, which was a Jordan Walker leadoff single in the second. The Tigers got on the board first in the bottom of the third. Colt Keith led off with a single, then Leahy got two quick outs before Kerry Carpenter hit a two-run home run, his second of the season. That made it 2-0.
Middle Three: Cardinals Take Control
The Tigers got a one-out double from Torkelson, who even got him to third, but couldn’t bring him home in the fourth. The Cardinals got on the board in the fifth as they led off with a Nolan Gorman single and a Thomas Saggese walk. A few batters later, Pedro Pages singles home Gorman to make it 2-1. That would end Montero’s night, going 4.1 innings, allowing two runs on three hits. He walked one and struck out three.
Things unraveled for the Tigers when Enmanuel De Jesus came in, on a ground ball back to him, an errant throw skipped past Gleyber Torres, allowing Saggese to score. Pages reached third, and Victor Scott, who hit the ball, reached second. De Jesus got an out, but Ivan Herrera drove in Pages and Scott to give the Cardinals their first lead of the series, 4-2. The Tigers got one back in the bottom half of the sixth after the Cardinals went down in order. Dillon Dingler led off with a walk, Meadows singled, and Dillon Dingler went to third. Meadows stole second. Torkelson walked, and there were still no outs. Javier Baez hit a sacrifice fly to bring in Dingler. The Cardinals somehow managed to escape the jam with the game now at 4-3.
Last Three: Cardinals Win It
Both teams went down in order in the seventh. The eighth saw the Cardinals add to their lead as rookie JJ Wetherholt caused issues, starting the inning with a single, and he got second on an Ivan Herrera walk. Wetherholt got to third on as he tagged up on an Alec Burleson fly out and would score on a Gorman sacrifice fly to make it 5-3. Connor Seabold limited the damage to one run after he entered and issued a walk to load the bases. The Cardinals got a two-out single, but the inning ended with Scott caught stealing. The Tigers went down 1-2-3 in the ninth. The Cardinals had five runs without an extra-base hit.
Player of the Game:
Ivan Herrera. In a game where multiple names could have been chosen from either side. Herrera, being on the winning side and going 1-3, driving in two of the Cardinals’ five runs, gives him the edge.
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Next Up:
The Tigers are back on the road to start a four-game series as they’ll head to Minnesota to face the Twins. Casey Mize gets the ball for Detroit with the first pitch set for 7:40 PM EST. The Cardinals will head to Washington, D.C., to face the Nationals for three games. First pitch tomorrow will be at 6:45 PM EST with Andre Pallante getting the ball.
