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St. Louis Cardinals @ Detroit Tigers

2026-04-05 · Night game · Comerica Park · Att: 28823 · 44°F, Cloudy · Wind 15 mph, Out To LF · 2:53

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Detroit Tigers 5–3. Detroit Tigers opened the scoring in the 3rd — Kerry Carpenter homers (2) on a fly ball to center field. Colt Keith scores. St. Louis Cardinals took the lead in the 5th — Iván Herrera singles on a line drive to right fielder Kerry Carpenter. Pedro Pagés scores. Victor Scott II scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 5th: Iván Herrera singles on a line drive to right fielder Kerry Carpenter. Pedro Pagés scores. Victor Scott II scores — worth 22% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	5	6
DET	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	6	1

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
JJ Wetherholt 2B	4	1	1	0	0	1
Ivan Herrera DH	3	0	1	2	1	1
Alec Burleson 1B	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jordan Walker RF	3	0	1	0	1	2
Nolan Gorman 3B	3	1	1	1	0	0
Ramon Urias 3B	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thomas Saggese SS	3	0	0	0	1	1
Nathan Church LF	4	1	0	0	0	1
Pedro Pages C	4	1	1	1	0	1
Victor Scott CF	3	1	1	1	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jahmai Jones DH	2	0	0	0	0	1
Colt Keith DH	3	1	1	0	0	1
Kevin McGonigle 3B	3	0	0	0	2	1
Gleyber Torres 2B	5	0	0	0	0	2
Kerry Carpenter RF	2	1	1	2	1	1
Matt Vierling RF	2	0	0	0	0	0
Riley Greene LF	4	0	1	0	0	1
Dillon Dingler C	3	1	0	0	1	0
Parker Meadows CF	4	0	2	0	0	0
Spencer Torkelson 1B	1	0	1	0	3	0
Javier Baez SS	3	0	0	1	0	1