St. Louis Cardinals at Detroit Tigers

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St. Louis Cardinals

4-3, 0-1 Away

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Detroit Tigers

3-4, 1-0 Home

Framber Valdez, Dillon Dingler help Tigers snap four-game losing streak with 4-0 win over Cardinals

Dillon Dingler launches two-run homer to put Tigers on the board

Detroit has a .667 regular-season winning percentage (34-17) against the Cardinals — their highest mark against any team — but the Cardinals have a 2-1 advantage in World Series matchups. St. Louis beat the Tigers in 1934 and 2006, with Detroit winning in 1968.

Valdez (1-0) allowed three hits and two walks in his home debut for Detroit. Three relievers finished the game.

Michael McGreevy (0-1) allowed three runs on seven hits in 4 2/3 innings.

Riley Greene hit a one-out double in the fourth and Dingler broke the scoreless tie with a 433-foot homer over the Cardinals bullpen in left-center.

Greene then hit an RBI single with two out in the fifth to give the Tigers a 3-0 lead, and Javier Báez drove in Parker Meadows to add a fourth run in the sixth.

The Tigers nearly took the lead in the third inning. Báez singled and stole second before trying to score on a single from Gleyber Torres to right. However, Jordan Walker's throw reached the plate on the fly, allowing Iván Herrera to apply the tag.

The Cardinals loaded the bases with two out in the fourth, but José Fermín flew out to left.

The game-time temperature was 71 degrees, making it the warmest home opener since the Tigers moved to Comerica Park in 2000.

Up next The teams play the second game of their weekend series on Saturday afternoon, with Tigers RHP Jack Flaherty (0-1, 4.15) facing RHP Dustin May (0-1, 13.50).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Scott II grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Wetherholt struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Saggese flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Holton relieved Finnegan
	8th Inning	Meadows struck out swinging.
	8th Inning	Torkelson lined out to second.

Statistics

STL		DET
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
0	Ground Balls	0
9	Strikeouts	5
0	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	10
0	Stolen Bases	2
3	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
0	Runs	4
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	32
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
18	Runners Left On Base	12
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	2
0	Fly Balls	0
0	Caught Stealing	0
131	Pitches	133
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
5	Total Bases	15
36	Plate Appearances	35
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
0	Extra Base Hits	3
0.7	Runs Created	5.7
.152	Batting Average	.313
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.152	Slugging Percentage	.469
.091	Secondary Average	.281
.222	On Base Percentage	.371
.374	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.840
0.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.0
0.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.6
5.0	Batter Rating	35.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	32.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.64	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.80
.000	Isolated Power	.156
0.33	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.40
.083	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.057
-.061	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.031
0.0	Runs Produced	8.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.2	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
60.5	MLB Rating	86.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0