{"id":662616,"date":"2026-04-04T12:00:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T12:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/662616\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T12:00:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T12:00:45","slug":"game-8-preview-tigers-look-to-clinch-series-against-cardinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/662616\/","title":{"rendered":"Game 8 Preview: Tigers look to clinch series against Cardinals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Detroit Tigers were victorious in their 2026 home opener on Friday, snapping a four-game losing streak with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blessyouboys.com\/detroit-tigers-scores-standings\/87886\/detroit-tigers-recaps-framber-valdez-riley-greene-kevin-mcgonigle-dillon-dingler\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">4-0 win<\/a> over the visiting St. Louis Cardinals. They look to secure their second series win of the season on Saturday in another early duel starting at 1:10 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Next up in the rotation is Jack Flaherty, who hit a rough patch in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blessyouboys.com\/detroit-tigers-scores-standings\/87464\/detroit-tigers-recaps-san-diego-padres-final-score-jack-flaherty\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">debut<\/a> against the San Diego Padres. The right-hander started strong, seeing just seven batters through the first two innings, but became flustered in the third when the Padres plated a pair. His teammates did him no favors, failing to score in the 3-0 loss.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Starting opposite him is fellow righty Dustin May, who comes into the matchup with an ERA that is 11.10 runs higher than his FIP. More fun with early-season sample sizes!<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">So how do the two match up? Take a look below at a preview of what both pitchers have to offer \u2014 assuming the game is played on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Detroit Tigers (3-4) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (4-3)<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Time (ET): 1:10 p.m. ET<br \/>Place: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan<br \/>SB Nation Site: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vivaelbirdos.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Viva El Birdos<\/a><br \/>Media: Detroit SportsNet, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio Network<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Game 7: RHP Jack Flaherty (0-1, 4.15 ERA) vs. RHP Dustin May (0-1, 13.50 ERA)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Detroit Tigers were victorious in their 2026 home opener on Friday, snapping a four-game losing streak with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":662617,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2403],"tags":[5,160,82835,4,673,67,4311,4310],"class_list":{"0":"post-662616","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-st-louis-cardinals","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-cardinals","10":"tag-detroit-tigers-game-information","11":"tag-mlb","12":"tag-st-louis","13":"tag-st-louis-cardinals","14":"tag-stlouis","15":"tag-stlouiscardinals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116346331830635221","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662616","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=662616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/662617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}