{"id":661738,"date":"2026-04-03T23:31:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T23:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/661738\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T23:31:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T23:31:19","slug":"deadline-detroit-detroit-tigers-dont-disappoint-in-home-opener-shut-out-st-louis-4-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/661738\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadline Detroit | Detroit Tigers Don&#8217;t Disappoint in Home Opener, Shut Out St. Louis 4-0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"article_photo_item\" data-id=\"59555\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot_2026-04-03_at_7.08.56_PM_59555.png\" width=\"320px\"\/><br \/>\n\tTigers put the Cardinals away in the opener<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe Detroit Tigers didn&#8217;t seem worried Friday before the home opener at Comerica Park after returning from a west coast road trip with a 2-4 record and a four-game losing streak.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tIt showed.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe Tigers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-0 on a sunny, pleasant day, thanks to ace pitcher Framber Valdez, who gave up only three hits and no runs in six innings, and a bullpen that contributed to the shutout before a sold-out crowd.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tCatcher Dillon Dingler hit a two-run homer, his second of the season. Kerry Carpenter, Riley Greene and Javy B\u00e1ez had two hits each.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#8220;There is such a good feel in this ballpark when our fans are into it,&#8221; manager A.J. Hinch said, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/sports\/mlb\/tigers\/2026\/04\/03\/tigers-pitchers-put-clamps-on-cardinals-for-opening-day-triumph\/89447231007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">according to The Detroit News<\/a>. &#8220;I&#8217;m glad a lot of new guys got to feel it. And we came out with a good game. Just proud of our guys, especially after a long trip, including the spring. Feeling the vibe in the city and being able to produce a good game is pretty cool.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tigers put the Cardinals away in the opener &#13; The Detroit Tigers didn&#8217;t seem worried Friday before the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":661739,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2386],"tags":[5,147,53,2583,4,594],"class_list":{"0":"post-661738","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-detroit-tigers","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-detroit","10":"tag-detroit-tigers","11":"tag-detroittigers","12":"tag-mlb","13":"tag-tigers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116343387154757381","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661738","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=661738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/661739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=661738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=661738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}