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Detroit starting pitcher Matthew Boyd (2-2)
allowed three runs on five hits in six innings. He struck out
six and walked one.
Alex Lange struck out three in a scoreless ninth inning to earn
his sixth save.
Cardinals starter Jordan Montgomery gave up two runs on six hits
in six innings. He fanned six and walked one.
Reliever Jordan Hicks (0-3) took the loss after yielding three
runs in two-thirds of an inning.
Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol and bench coach Joe McEwing were
ejected in the ninth inning by plate umpire Junior Valentine for
protesting balls and strikes.
The Tigers jumped to 2-0 first-inning lead when Andy Ibanez hit
a one-out double and Baez launched his two-run homer to left
field.
Andrew Knizner cut Detroit's lead to 2-1 with a homer to
left-center in the third.
St. Louis' Paul Goldschmidt triggered a two-run rally with a
leadoff double in the fourth inning. Willson Contreras dropped a
popup single between three fielders in right field, and he took
second on the throw to third base.
Nolan Arenado drove in Goldschmidt with a groundout, and Dylan
Carlson scored Contreras with a fielder's-choice grounder to put
the Cardinals up 3-2.
The Tigers retook the lead with three runs in the seventh
inning. Hicks walked Zach McKinstry leading off, then he hit
Matt Vierling with a pitch with one out. Greene followed with a
two-run double to right, and Eric Haase drew a two-out walk.
Spencer Torkelson greeted reliever Giovanny Gallegos with an RBI
double to make it 5-3.
With two outs in the eighth inning, St. Louis' Juan Yepez and
Paul DeJong hit singles and Lars Nootbaar delivered a
ground-rule double to cut Detroit's lead to 5-4.
Goldschmidt doubled to lead off the ninth before Lange struck
out Contreras, Arenado and Carlson.
--Field Level Media
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