ST. LOUIS (AP) \u2014 Riley Greene homered and hit the winning RBI double in the ninth inning to help the Detroit Tigers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-4 on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
Zack McKinstry singled off Kyle Leahy (1-1) to lead off the ninth and scored on Greene\u2019s double to the right-field gap.<\/p>\n
Will Vest (4-0) pitched a scoreless eighth inning, and Tommy Kahnle pitched the ninth to earn his sixth save in eight chances.<\/p>\n
Tigers starter Tarik Skubal allowed three runs on five hits and a walk and struck out eight in 5 2\/3 innings.<\/p>\n
Nolan Arenado homered, and Erick Fedde allowed four runs on five hits, struck out two batters, and walked none in five innings for the Cardinals.<\/p>\n
Victor Scott II doubled off Tyler Holton to lead off the the seventh and scored on Masyn Winn\u2019s sacrifice fly to tie the game at 4-4.<\/p>\n
Iv\u00e1n Herrera drove in Winn with a single to right to cut the Cardinals deficit to 4-3 in the sixth inning and chase Skubal. Herrera singled to right field to lead off the fifth inning and give him a career-best 10-game hitting streak. Arenado hit the next pitch into the left field stands, cutting Detroit\u2019s lead to 4-2.<\/p>\n
Kerry Carpenter hit a lead off homer for Detroit.<\/p>\n
Greene lined a two-run homer off the right field foul pole to double Detroit\u2019s lead to 4-0.<\/p>\n
Key moment<\/p>\n
After Herrera\u2019s seventh-inning single, Arenado and Jordan Walker each singled to load the bases, but Brennan Hanifee got Pedro P\u00e1ges to ground weakly to third base to preserve Detroit\u2019s 4-3 lead.<\/p>\n
Key stat<\/p>\n
Skubal allowed Winn to advance to second on a sixth inning balk. It was his first balk in 630 2\/3 major league innings.<\/p>\n
Up next<\/p>\n
Detroit manager A.J. Hinch will deploy a bullpen game against St. Louis RHP Andre Pallante (4-2, 4.11 ERA) in the final game of their three-game series on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
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