{"id":660871,"date":"2026-04-03T14:21:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T14:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/660871\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T14:21:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T14:21:15","slug":"detroit-tigers-starting-lineup-for-opening-day-2026-game-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/660871\/","title":{"rendered":"Detroit Tigers starting lineup for Opening Day 2026 game announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Detroit Tigers open their 2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/detroit\/news\/detroit-tigers-opening-day-2026-what-to-know-for-the-game\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">home schedule<\/a> on Friday, April 3, against the St. Louis Cardinals   with a three-game series.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After opening the season with a six-game road trip, the Tigers will hold their home opener at Comerica Park on Friday, April 3. Detroit will host the St. Louis Cardinals, with the first pitch scheduled for 1:10 p.m. ET. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The starting lineups for the Tigers and Cardinals were announced Friday morning. Check them out below.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What is the Detroit Tigers starting lineup for Opening Day?<\/p>\n<p>Starting pitcher:\u00a0Framber Valdez\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kevin McGonigle, 3BGleyber Torres, DHKerry Carpenter, RFRiley Greene, LFDillon Dingler, CZach McKinstry, 2B\u00a0Spencer Torkelson, 1BParker Meadows, CFJavier B\u00e1ez, SSWhat is the St. Louis Cardinals starting lineup for Opening Day?<\/p>\n<p>Starting pitcher:\u00a0Michael McGreevy<\/p>\n<p>1. Masyn Winn, SS <br \/>2. Iv\u00e1n Herrera, C <br \/>3. Alec Burleson, 1B <br \/>4. Ram\u00f3n Ur\u00edas, 3B <br \/>5. Jordan Walker, RF <br \/>6. Yohel Pozo, DH <br \/>7. Thomas Saggese, 2B <br \/>8. Jos\u00e9 Ferm\u00edn, LF <br \/>9. Victor Scott II, CF<\/p>\n<p>When is the Tigers vs. Cardinals game?<\/p>\n<p>First pitch for Friday&#8217;s home opener is set for 1:10 p.m. ET. The teams continue their three-game series on Saturday at 1:10 p.m. ET. First pitch in the final game of the series is at 7:20 p.m. ET on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>How to watch the Tigers vs. Cardinals game<\/p>\n<p>Fans who can&#8217;t make it to Comerica Park can watch the game on Detroit SportsNet\u00a0or MLB.TV. You can also listen to the game on 97.1 The Ticket.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Are the Tigers or Cardinals predicted to win?<\/p>\n<p>DraftKings has set the line at Detroit -181, St. Louis +149. The over\/under is 8runs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Detroit Tigers open their 2026 home schedule on Friday, April 3, against the St. Louis Cardinals with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":660872,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2386],"tags":[5,7214,147,53,2583,19,4,67,594],"class_list":{"0":"post-660871","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-detroit-tigers","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-comerica-park","10":"tag-detroit","11":"tag-detroit-tigers","12":"tag-detroittigers","13":"tag-major-league-baseball","14":"tag-mlb","15":"tag-st-louis-cardinals","16":"tag-tigers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116341223305391902","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=660871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/660872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=660871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=660871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=660871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}