The Detroit Tigers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-5 on May 6, 2023 at Busch Stadium.
Final · Busch Stadium
Top performers
- Spencer Torkelson went 2-for-5 with 2 RBI for the Tigers.
- Spencer Turnbull pitched 4.2 innings for the Tigers, allowing 5 earned runs with 6 strikeouts.
- Nolan Arenado went 1-for-5 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Cardinals.
- Adam Wainwright pitched 5.0 innings for the Cardinals, allowing 4 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
Detroit Tigers box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zack Short | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Matt Vierling | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Akil Baddoo | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Riley Greene | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Spencer Torkelson | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Javier Baez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nick Maton | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Schoop | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach McKinstry | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 36 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spencer Turnbull | 4.2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| Jose Cisnero | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Vest | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Holton | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
St. Louis Cardinals box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nolan Arenado | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Willson Contreras | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Alec Burleson | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Goldschmidt | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Lars Nootbaar | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Andrew Knizner | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brendan Donovan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nolan Gorman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Edman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 30 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Wainwright | 5.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Giovanny Gallegos | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Genesis Cabrera | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 7.1 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
Before and after
- Tigers · 2023 season · Previous May 5, 2023: DET 5, STL 4 · Next May 7, 2023: DET 6, STL 12
- Cardinals · 2023 season · Previous May 5, 2023: DET 5, STL 4 · Next May 7, 2023: DET 6, STL 12