Detroit 6, St. Louis 5
When: 2:15 PM ET, Saturday, May 6, 2023
Where: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Temperature:
73°
Umpires:
Home -
Adrian Johnson, 1B -
Quinn Wolcott, 2B -
Manny Gonzalez, 3B -
Junior Valentine
Attendance:
39512
By Field Level Media
Akil Baddoo hit the winning RBI double in the 10th inning to lift the visiting Detroit Tigers over the St. Louis Cardinals 6-5 on Saturday.
Spencer Torkelson had two RBI singles for the Tigers, who won their fifth straight game.
Tigers starting pitcher Spencer Turnbull allowed five runs on seven hits in 4 2/3 innings. He struck out six and walked one.
Reliever Jose Cisnero (2-0), the fifth Tigers pitcher, worked the final 1 2/3 innings to earn the victory.
Dylan Carlson hit a three-run homer and Nolan Arenado hit a two-run blast for the Cardinals, who lost their eighth straight game.
Cardinals starting pitcher Adam Wainwright made his first start of the season after missing five weeks with a groin muscle strain. He allowed four runs on eight hits in five innings.
Wainwright struck out five and walked none.
Reliever Giovanny Gallegos (1-2), the fifth Cardinals pitcher, took the loss.
The Cardinals took a 3-0 lead in the second inning. Paul DeJong drew a leadoff walk and Brendan Donovan followed with a single. That set the stage for Carlson's three-run homer.
Wainwright cruised through his first four innings before allowing three runs in the fifth inning.
Baddoo hit a leadoff single, stole second base and scored on Eric Haase's single. Zack Short doubled, Zach McKinstry hit a sacrifice fly and Riley Greene hit an RBI single to tie the game 3-3.
The Cardinals led 5-3 in the bottom of the inning when Lars Nootbaar reached on an infield single and Arenado hit his two-run homer.
The Tigers cut their deficit to 5-4 in the sixth inning when Nick Maton hit a double and scored on Torkelson's single.
Detroit tied the game 5-5 in the seventh inning when Greene hit a single, Javier Baez walked and Torkelson hit another RBI single.
Baddoo drove in designated runner Jonathan Shoop from second in the top of the 10th, and Cisnero retired the Cardinals on a fielder's choice, a popout and a groundout.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Detroit |
|
St. Louis |
Spencer Turnbull |
Player |
Adam Wainwright
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
4.2 |
IP |
5.0 |
6 |
Strikeouts |
5 |
7 |
Hits |
8 |
9.64 |
ERA |
7.20 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
Detroit
|
13 |
0 |
17 |
.310 |
21 |
10 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
St. Louis
|
9 |
2 |
15 |
.237 |
21 |
8 |
5 |
5 |
1 |
1 |