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.