DETROIT (AP) \u2014 Kerry Carpenter, Zach McKinstry and Matt Vierling hit two-run homers and drove in three runs apiece, and the Detroit Tigers powered their way to an 11-6, rain-shortened victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The game was called after 8 1\/3 innings following a 40-minute rain delay.<\/p>\n
Gleyber Torres added a solo shot for the Tigers, who had only two home runs in their first seven games.<\/p>\n
The game was delayed with one out in the ninth because of inclement weather. The field was deemed unplayable after the delay.<\/p>\n
Detroit starter Jack Flaherty was charged with five runs in four-plus innings. He allowed three hits and four walks and hit three other batters with pitches.<\/p>\n
Brant Hurter (1-0) picked up the win with one inning of scoreless relief.<\/p>\n
Jordan Walker had three hits, including a grand slam, and drove in five runs to carry St. Louis’ offense. Cardinals starter Dustin May (0-2) gave up seven runs and seven hits in 3 1\/3 innings.<\/p>\n
Carpenter’s home run capped the Tigers’ three-run first inning. McKinstry’s homer highlighted Detroit’s three-run fourth as the Tigers built a 7-1 lead.<\/p>\n
The Cardinals scored five runs in the fifth, topped off by Walker’s 459-foot blast to left-center field.<\/p>\n
McKinstry’s RBI single in the bottom of the inning gave Detroit an 8-6 lead. Torres led off the seventh with his opposite-field homer and Vierling homered with two out in the eighth.<\/p>\n
Justin Verlander (0-1, 12.27) was scheduled to make his first start at Comerica Park in a Tigers uniform since Aug. 20, 2017, on Sunday night but he was placed on the 15-day injured list on Saturday with left hip inflammation. RHP Keider Montero was recalled from Triple-A Toledo to take his spot in the rotation. Montero will be opposed by RHP Kyle Leahy (0-1, 7.20) in the finale of the three-game series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DETROIT (AP) \u2014 Kerry Carpenter, Zach McKinstry and Matt Vierling hit two-run homers and drove in three runs…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":663670,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2403],"tags":[5,160,84601,126,95,84,4679,388,391,4396,1387,4,9500,9501,9496,9497,9498,82856,84602,673,67,4311,4310,398],"class_list":{"0":"post-663669","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-cardinals-tigers-score-kerry-carpenter","11":"tag-dustin-may","12":"tag-gleyber-torres","13":"tag-jack-flaherty","14":"tag-jordan-walker","15":"tag-justin-verlander","16":"tag-kerry-carpenter","17":"tag-kyle-leahy","18":"tag-matt-vierling","19":"tag-mlb","20":"tag-package-100024-ap-online","21":"tag-package-100502-member-choice-sports-option","22":"tag-product-30599-ap-sports-news-s-wire-only","23":"tag-product-32562-ap-online-other-sports-news","24":"tag-product-40792-ap-michigan-sports-only","25":"tag-product-40795-ap-missouri-sports-only","26":"tag-rhp-keider-montero-kyle-leahy","27":"tag-st-louis","28":"tag-st-louis-cardinals","29":"tag-stlouis","30":"tag-stlouiscardinals","31":"tag-zach-mckinstry"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663669","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=663669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/663670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}