The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Detroit Tigers 5-3 on Apr 5, 2026 at Comerica Park.
Final · Comerica Park
Top performers
- Ivan Herrera went 1-for-3 with 2 RBI for the Cardinals.
- Kyle Leahy pitched 5.0 innings for the Cardinals, allowing 2 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
- Kerry Carpenter went 1-for-2 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Tigers.
- Keider Montero pitched 4.1 innings for the Tigers, allowing 2 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nathan Church | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| JJ Wetherholt | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Alec Burleson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pedro Pages | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jordan Walker | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Thomas Saggese | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ivan Herrera | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Nolan Gorman | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Victor Scott II | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 31 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Leahy | 5.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| JoJo Romero | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Ryne Stanek | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Riley O'Brien | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| George Soriano | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gleyber Torres | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Riley Greene | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Colt Keith | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Javier Baez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kevin McGonigle | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Dillon Dingler | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jahmai Jones | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Matt Vierling | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kerry Carpenter | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Spencer Torkelson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team | 28 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keider Montero | 4.1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Enmanuel De Jesus | 2.2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Connor Seabold | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
Before and after
- Cardinals · 2026 season · Previous Apr 4, 2026: STL 6, DET 11 · Next Apr 6, 2026: STL 6, WSH 9
- Tigers · 2026 season · Previous Apr 4, 2026: STL 6, DET 11 · Next Apr 6, 2026: DET 3, MIN 7