Game Report - April 4, 2026 - Tigers 11, Cardinals 6
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> Detroit Tigers 11, St. Louis Cardinals 6
The Tigers took the lead in the bottom of the first inning, and they never fell behind. It was a big day for the hitters.
In the bottom of the first, Colt Keith singled, Gleyber Torres singled to drive in Mr. Keith, and Kerry Carpenter homerd to drive in Mr. Torres. The Tigers had a 3-0 lead.
Ivan Herrera led off the top of the fourth with a double, and scored on a two-out single by Jordan Walker.
In the bottom of the third inning, Kevin McGonigle singled, went to second base on a wild pitch, went to third base on a groound out, and scored on a sacrifice fly by Kerry Carpenter.
In the bottom of the fourth, Dillon Dingler was hit by a pitch, and Zach McKinstry homered. Then, Parker Meadows tripled, and scored on a sacrifice fly by Matt Vierrling. The Tigers had a 7-1 lead.
In the top of the fifth, JJ Wetherholt was hit by a pitch, Ivan Herrera walked, Alec Burleson doubled to drive in Mr. Wetherholt, Nolan Gorman walked to load the bases, and Jordan Walker homered to drive in Mr. Herrera, Mr. Burleson, and Mr. Gorman.
In the bottom of the fifth, Riley Greene walked, Dillon Dingler walked, and Zach McKinstry singled to drive in Mr. Greene.
Gleyber Torres led off the bottom of the seventh with a home run.
In the bottom of the eighth, Spencer Torkelson singled, and Matt Vierling homered.
After winning the first two games of the series, the Tigers lost on Sunday, failing to sweep.
> Detroit Tigers AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> C. Keith 3B 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 .417 .462 .583
Was safe on an infield single in the first and scored.
Singled to right in the second,
but was out trying to stretch it into a double.
> M. Vierling PH-RF 2 1 1 3 1 0 0 .200 .182 .500
Hit a sacrifice fly to left in the fourth
to drive in Mr. Meadows.
Grounded into a double play in the sixth.
Homered to right in the eighth
to drive in Mr. Torkelson.
> K. McGonigle SS 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .333 .412 .500
Singled up the middle in the third and scored.
> G. Torres 2B 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 .259 .444 .370
Singled up the middle in the first
as Mr. Keith scored;
he would soon score as well.
Homered to right-centre in the seventh.
> K. Carpenter DH 4 1 1 3 1 0 1 .172 .265 .276
Homered to left in the first
to drive in Mr. Torres.
Hit a sacrifice fly to centre in the third
to drive in Mr. McGonigle.
> R. Greene LF 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 .226 .314 .323
Walked in the first, but was caught stealing.
Walked in the fifth and scored.
> D. Dingler C 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 .273 .385 .591
Was hit by a pitch in the fourth and scored.
Walked in the fifth.
In the KIITI club, with two strikeouts.
> Z. McKinstry RF-3B 4 1 2 3 1 0 1 .250 .250 .438
Homered to right in the fourth
to drive in Mr. Dingler.
Singled to right in the fifth
to drive in Mr. Greene.
> S. Torkelson 1B 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .143 .200 .179
Singled to right in the eighth and scored.
> P. Meadows CF 3 1 2 0 0 1 1 .238 .333 .381
Walked in the second.
Tripled to left in the fourth and scored.
Singled to left in the sixth.
> team 31 11 12 10 4 6 8
Plenty of runs scored, more than enough to win this game.
> 3B: Meadows (1, May)
> HR: Carpenter (1, 1st inning off May 1 on, 1 Out);
> McKinstry (1, 4th inning off May 1 on, 0 Out);
> Torres (1, 7th inning off Svanson 0 on, 0 Out);
> Vierling (1, 8th inning off Roycroft 1 on, 2 Out)
> RBI: Torres (1), McKinstry 3 (3), Vierling 3 (3), Carpenter 3 (4)
> 2-Out RBI: McKinstry; Vierling 2.
> SF: Vierling; Carpenter
> GIDP: Vierling
> Team LOB: 5
> Team RISP: 2-5 (Torres 0-1, McKinstry 1-1, Carpenter 1-2, Torkelson 0-1)
> CS: Greene (1, 2nd base by May/Pagés)
> DP: 2 (Torkelson-McGonigle-Torkelson, McGonigle-Torres-Torkelson)
> St. Louis Cardinals AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> J. Wetherholt 2B 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 .276 .371 .379
> I. Herrera DH 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 .214 .361 .321
> A. Burleson 1B 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 .276 .389 .448
> N. Gorman 3B 4 1 0 0 0 1 3 .192 .250 .423
Collarecd, with three strikeouts.
> J. Walker RF 4 1 3 5 1 0 1 .296 .367 .593
> T. Saggese SS-LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .250 .143
Contained.
> N. Church LF-CF 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .136 .174 .136
Curtailed.
> P. Pages C 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .188 .278 .375
> R. Urias PH-SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .231 .500
> V. Scott II CF 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .308 .308 .346
Corralled
Four Cardinals were aboard the 0-fer Express.
> Y. Pozo PH-C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
> team 28 6 6 6 1 6 9
Six runs will win many games, but not this one.
> 2B: Herrera (3, Flaherty); Burleson (2, Flaherty)
> HR: Walker (2, 5th inning off Anderson 3 on, 0 Out)
> RBI: Burleson (6), Walker 5 (8)
> 2Out RBI: Walker, J.
> SH: Scott II
> GIDP: Pozo; Burleson
> Team LOB: 9
> Team RISP: 3-11 (Gorman 0-2, Burleson 1-3, Walker 2-3,
> Church 0-1, Wetherholt 0-1, Saggese 0-1)
> SB: Walker (1, 2nd base off Vest/Dingler); Wetherholt (2, 2nd base off Flaherty/Dingler)
> DP: 1 (Saggese-Wetherholt-Burleson)
> E: Scott II (1, fielding)
> Assists: Walker, J (Keith at 2nd base).
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> St. Louis Cardinals (4-4, 0-2 away) 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 - 6 6 1
> Detroit Tigers (4-4, 2-0 home) 3 0 1 3 1 0 1 2 x - 11 12 0
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Some happy totals.
> Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> J. Flaherty 4.0 3 5 5 4 6 0 86-47 7.56
Four reasonably good innings,
but he never got an out in the fifth.
> D. Anderson 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 1 17-11 10.80
He gave up a grand-slam home-run to the first batter he faced.
> B. Hurter (W, 1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13-6 2.25
> W. Vest (H, 2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 19-10 6.75
> T. Holton (H, 1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 19-13 0.00
> K. Jansen 0.1 0 0 0 1 1 0 8-4 5.40
Did their jobs.
> team 8.1 6 6 6 6 9 1 162-91
> HBP: Urías (by Holton); Herrera (by Flaherty);
> Pagés 2 (by Flaherty, Anderson); Wetherholt (by Flaherty)
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Flaherty 13/22;
> Anderson 2/5; Hurter 1/3;
> Vest 2/4; Holton 1/4; Jansen 1/2
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Flaherty-16-6-16-8;
> Anderson-2-4-2-2; Hurter-3-0-1-2;
> Vest-1-4-2-3; Holton-0-0-10-3; Jansen-1-2-1-0
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Flaherty 4-2;
> Anderson 1-1; Hurter 2-0; Vest 2-0; Holton 2-0
> Game Scores: J Flaherty 38
> St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> D. May (L, 0-2) 3.1 7 7 7 2 4 2 79-48 15.95
Not a quality start from him.
> J. Bruihl 1.1 0 1 1 1 1 0 27-13 5.06
His 5.06 E.R.A. was the lowest of a Cardinals pitcher in this game.
> M. Svanson 2.1 3 1 1 1 1 1 30-21 11.81
> C. Roycroft 1.0 2 2 2 2 2 1 33-22 12.27
> team 8.0 12 11 11 6 8 4 169-104
> WP: May
> HBP: Dingler (by May)
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> May 9/18; Bruihl 3/5; Svanson 7/10; Roycroft 5/7
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> May-15-5-17-11; Bruihl-6-1-3-3; Svanson-4-2-7-7; Roycroft-8-2-9-3
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> May 2-2; Bruihl 1-2; Svanson 2-3; Roycroft 1-0
> Game Scores: D May 20
> Venue: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
> Attendance: 28,708
> Weather: 56 degrees, partly cloudy
> Wind: 15 m.p.h., in from right
> Time of Game: 2:58
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Tigers' offense erupts with four home runs in 11-6 victory over the Cardinals
ByAP
Updated: Apr 4, 2026, 05:08 pm
DETROIT -- — Kerry Carpenter, Zach McKinstry and Matt Vierling hit two-run homers and drove in three runs apiece, and the Detroit Tigers powered their way to an 11-6, rain-shortened victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday.
The game was called after 8 1/3 innings following a 40-minute rain delay.
Gleyber Torres added a solo shot for the Tigers, who had only two home runs in their first seven games.
The game was delayed with one out in the ninth because of inclement weather. The field was deemed unplayable after the delay.
Detroit starter Jack Flaherty was charged with five runs in four-plus innings. He allowed three hits and four walks and hit three other batters with pitches.
Brant Hurter (1-0) picked up the win with one inning of scoreless relief.
Jordan Walker had three hits, including a grand slam, and drove in five runs to carry St. Louis' offense. Cardinals starter Dustin May (0-2) gave up seven runs and seven hits in 3 1/3 innings.
Carpenter's home run capped the Tigers' three-run first inning. McKinstry's homer highlighted Detroit's three-run fourth as the Tigers built a 7-1 lead.
The Cardinals scored five runs in the fifth, topped off by Walker's 459-foot blast to left-center field.
McKinstry's RBI single in the bottom of the inning gave Detroit an 8-6 lead. Torres led off the seventh with his opposite-field homer and Vierling homered with two out in the eighth.
Up Next
Justin Verlander (0-1, 12.27) was scheduled to make his first start at Comerica Park in a Tigers uniform since Aug. 20, 2017, on Sunday night but he was placed on the 15-day injured list on Saturday with left hip inflammation. RHP Keider Montero was recalled from Triple-A Toledo to take his spot in the rotation. Montero will be opposed by RHP Kyle Leahy (0-1, 7.20) in the finale of the three-game series.
The Tigers took the lead in the bottom of the first inning, and they never fell behind. It was a big day for the hitters.
In the bottom of the first, Colt Keith singled, Gleyber Torres singled to drive in Mr. Keith, and Kerry Carpenter homerd to drive in Mr. Torres. The Tigers had a 3-0 lead.
Ivan Herrera led off the top of the fourth with a double, and scored on a two-out single by Jordan Walker.
In the bottom of the third inning, Kevin McGonigle singled, went to second base on a wild pitch, went to third base on a groound out, and scored on a sacrifice fly by Kerry Carpenter.
In the bottom of the fourth, Dillon Dingler was hit by a pitch, and Zach McKinstry homered. Then, Parker Meadows tripled, and scored on a sacrifice fly by Matt Vierrling. The Tigers had a 7-1 lead.
In the top of the fifth, JJ Wetherholt was hit by a pitch, Ivan Herrera walked, Alec Burleson doubled to drive in Mr. Wetherholt, Nolan Gorman walked to load the bases, and Jordan Walker homered to drive in Mr. Herrera, Mr. Burleson, and Mr. Gorman.
In the bottom of the fifth, Riley Greene walked, Dillon Dingler walked, and Zach McKinstry singled to drive in Mr. Greene.
Gleyber Torres led off the bottom of the seventh with a home run.
In the bottom of the eighth, Spencer Torkelson singled, and Matt Vierling homered.
After winning the first two games of the series, the Tigers lost on Sunday, failing to sweep.
> Detroit Tigers AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> C. Keith 3B 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 .417 .462 .583
Was safe on an infield single in the first and scored.
Singled to right in the second,
but was out trying to stretch it into a double.
> M. Vierling PH-RF 2 1 1 3 1 0 0 .200 .182 .500
Hit a sacrifice fly to left in the fourth
to drive in Mr. Meadows.
Grounded into a double play in the sixth.
Homered to right in the eighth
to drive in Mr. Torkelson.
> K. McGonigle SS 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .333 .412 .500
Singled up the middle in the third and scored.
> G. Torres 2B 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 .259 .444 .370
Singled up the middle in the first
as Mr. Keith scored;
he would soon score as well.
Homered to right-centre in the seventh.
> K. Carpenter DH 4 1 1 3 1 0 1 .172 .265 .276
Homered to left in the first
to drive in Mr. Torres.
Hit a sacrifice fly to centre in the third
to drive in Mr. McGonigle.
> R. Greene LF 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 .226 .314 .323
Walked in the first, but was caught stealing.
Walked in the fifth and scored.
> D. Dingler C 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 .273 .385 .591
Was hit by a pitch in the fourth and scored.
Walked in the fifth.
In the KIITI club, with two strikeouts.
> Z. McKinstry RF-3B 4 1 2 3 1 0 1 .250 .250 .438
Homered to right in the fourth
to drive in Mr. Dingler.
Singled to right in the fifth
to drive in Mr. Greene.
> S. Torkelson 1B 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .143 .200 .179
Singled to right in the eighth and scored.
> P. Meadows CF 3 1 2 0 0 1 1 .238 .333 .381
Walked in the second.
Tripled to left in the fourth and scored.
Singled to left in the sixth.
> team 31 11 12 10 4 6 8
Plenty of runs scored, more than enough to win this game.
> 3B: Meadows (1, May)
> HR: Carpenter (1, 1st inning off May 1 on, 1 Out);
> McKinstry (1, 4th inning off May 1 on, 0 Out);
> Torres (1, 7th inning off Svanson 0 on, 0 Out);
> Vierling (1, 8th inning off Roycroft 1 on, 2 Out)
> RBI: Torres (1), McKinstry 3 (3), Vierling 3 (3), Carpenter 3 (4)
> 2-Out RBI: McKinstry; Vierling 2.
> SF: Vierling; Carpenter
> GIDP: Vierling
> Team LOB: 5
> Team RISP: 2-5 (Torres 0-1, McKinstry 1-1, Carpenter 1-2, Torkelson 0-1)
> CS: Greene (1, 2nd base by May/Pagés)
> DP: 2 (Torkelson-McGonigle-Torkelson, McGonigle-Torres-Torkelson)
> St. Louis Cardinals AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> J. Wetherholt 2B 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 .276 .371 .379
> I. Herrera DH 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 .214 .361 .321
> A. Burleson 1B 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 .276 .389 .448
> N. Gorman 3B 4 1 0 0 0 1 3 .192 .250 .423
Collarecd, with three strikeouts.
> J. Walker RF 4 1 3 5 1 0 1 .296 .367 .593
> T. Saggese SS-LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .250 .143
Contained.
> N. Church LF-CF 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .136 .174 .136
Curtailed.
> P. Pages C 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .188 .278 .375
> R. Urias PH-SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .231 .500
> V. Scott II CF 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .308 .308 .346
Corralled
Four Cardinals were aboard the 0-fer Express.
> Y. Pozo PH-C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
> team 28 6 6 6 1 6 9
Six runs will win many games, but not this one.
> 2B: Herrera (3, Flaherty); Burleson (2, Flaherty)
> HR: Walker (2, 5th inning off Anderson 3 on, 0 Out)
> RBI: Burleson (6), Walker 5 (8)
> 2Out RBI: Walker, J.
> SH: Scott II
> GIDP: Pozo; Burleson
> Team LOB: 9
> Team RISP: 3-11 (Gorman 0-2, Burleson 1-3, Walker 2-3,
> Church 0-1, Wetherholt 0-1, Saggese 0-1)
> SB: Walker (1, 2nd base off Vest/Dingler); Wetherholt (2, 2nd base off Flaherty/Dingler)
> DP: 1 (Saggese-Wetherholt-Burleson)
> E: Scott II (1, fielding)
> Assists: Walker, J (Keith at 2nd base).
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> St. Louis Cardinals (4-4, 0-2 away) 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 - 6 6 1
> Detroit Tigers (4-4, 2-0 home) 3 0 1 3 1 0 1 2 x - 11 12 0
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Some happy totals.
> Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> J. Flaherty 4.0 3 5 5 4 6 0 86-47 7.56
Four reasonably good innings,
but he never got an out in the fifth.
> D. Anderson 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 1 17-11 10.80
He gave up a grand-slam home-run to the first batter he faced.
> B. Hurter (W, 1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13-6 2.25
> W. Vest (H, 2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 19-10 6.75
> T. Holton (H, 1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 19-13 0.00
> K. Jansen 0.1 0 0 0 1 1 0 8-4 5.40
Did their jobs.
> team 8.1 6 6 6 6 9 1 162-91
> HBP: Urías (by Holton); Herrera (by Flaherty);
> Pagés 2 (by Flaherty, Anderson); Wetherholt (by Flaherty)
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Flaherty 13/22;
> Anderson 2/5; Hurter 1/3;
> Vest 2/4; Holton 1/4; Jansen 1/2
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Flaherty-16-6-16-8;
> Anderson-2-4-2-2; Hurter-3-0-1-2;
> Vest-1-4-2-3; Holton-0-0-10-3; Jansen-1-2-1-0
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Flaherty 4-2;
> Anderson 1-1; Hurter 2-0; Vest 2-0; Holton 2-0
> Game Scores: J Flaherty 38
> St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> D. May (L, 0-2) 3.1 7 7 7 2 4 2 79-48 15.95
Not a quality start from him.
> J. Bruihl 1.1 0 1 1 1 1 0 27-13 5.06
His 5.06 E.R.A. was the lowest of a Cardinals pitcher in this game.
> M. Svanson 2.1 3 1 1 1 1 1 30-21 11.81
> C. Roycroft 1.0 2 2 2 2 2 1 33-22 12.27
> team 8.0 12 11 11 6 8 4 169-104
> WP: May
> HBP: Dingler (by May)
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> May 9/18; Bruihl 3/5; Svanson 7/10; Roycroft 5/7
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> May-15-5-17-11; Bruihl-6-1-3-3; Svanson-4-2-7-7; Roycroft-8-2-9-3
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> May 2-2; Bruihl 1-2; Svanson 2-3; Roycroft 1-0
> Game Scores: D May 20
> Venue: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
> Attendance: 28,708
> Weather: 56 degrees, partly cloudy
> Wind: 15 m.p.h., in from right
> Time of Game: 2:58
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Tigers' offense erupts with four home runs in 11-6 victory over the Cardinals
ByAP
Updated: Apr 4, 2026, 05:08 pm
DETROIT -- — Kerry Carpenter, Zach McKinstry and Matt Vierling hit two-run homers and drove in three runs apiece, and the Detroit Tigers powered their way to an 11-6, rain-shortened victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday.
The game was called after 8 1/3 innings following a 40-minute rain delay.
Gleyber Torres added a solo shot for the Tigers, who had only two home runs in their first seven games.
The game was delayed with one out in the ninth because of inclement weather. The field was deemed unplayable after the delay.
Detroit starter Jack Flaherty was charged with five runs in four-plus innings. He allowed three hits and four walks and hit three other batters with pitches.
Brant Hurter (1-0) picked up the win with one inning of scoreless relief.
Jordan Walker had three hits, including a grand slam, and drove in five runs to carry St. Louis' offense. Cardinals starter Dustin May (0-2) gave up seven runs and seven hits in 3 1/3 innings.
Carpenter's home run capped the Tigers' three-run first inning. McKinstry's homer highlighted Detroit's three-run fourth as the Tigers built a 7-1 lead.
The Cardinals scored five runs in the fifth, topped off by Walker's 459-foot blast to left-center field.
McKinstry's RBI single in the bottom of the inning gave Detroit an 8-6 lead. Torres led off the seventh with his opposite-field homer and Vierling homered with two out in the eighth.
Up Next
Justin Verlander (0-1, 12.27) was scheduled to make his first start at Comerica Park in a Tigers uniform since Aug. 20, 2017, on Sunday night but he was placed on the 15-day injured list on Saturday with left hip inflammation. RHP Keider Montero was recalled from Triple-A Toledo to take his spot in the rotation. Montero will be opposed by RHP Kyle Leahy (0-1, 7.20) in the finale of the three-game series.
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