Cardinals Use Four-Run Fifth to Beat Tigers 5-3 and Avoid Sweep
A.J. Hinch blamed sloppy defense for a winnable game that slipped away.
Overview
- St. Louis beat Detroit 5-3 at Comerica Park on Sunday night to take the series finale and halt a potential sweep.
- The game turned in the fifth when a safety-squeeze bunt led to a throwing error by Enmanuel De Jesus and Iván Herrera drove in two with a two-out single.
- Kerry Carpenter staked Detroit to a 2-0 lead with a 425-foot homer to center, and Spencer Torkelson reached base four times.
- Detroit loaded the bases in the sixth but settled for Javier Báez’s sacrifice fly, and Nolan Gorman added an insurance sac fly for St. Louis in the eighth.
- With Justin Verlander on the 15-day injured list for a hip issue, call-up Keider Montero allowed three runs in 4⅓ innings before the bullpen finished the night.