St. Louis Cardinals at Detroit Tigers
Final
Recap
DETROIT -- Dillon Dingler homered, Framber Valdez pitched six shutout innings and the Detroit Tigers ended a four-game losing streak with a 4-0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals in their home opener on Friday. Detroit has a .667 regular-season winning percentage (34-17) against the Cardinals their highest mark against any team but the Cardinals have a 2-1 advantage in World Series matchups. St. Louis beat the Tigers in 1934 and 2006, with Detroit winning in 1968. Valdez (1-0) allowed three hits and two walks in his home debut for Detroit. Three relievers finished the game.
How the bets landed
Moneyline favoriteDET -179 · 62% to win
WonRun LineDET -1.5
CoveredTotalO/U 8 · 4 scored
UnderAgainst the consensus line at the start, across 16 books
Team stats
5Hits10
0Home runs1
3Walks2
9Strikeouts5
0Stolen bases2
133Pitches thrown131
5Pitching strikeouts9
Box score
Batting
| Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nathan ChurchPH-LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jose FerminLF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thomas Saggese2B-SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Victor Scott IICF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nolan GormanPH-3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| JJ WetherholtPH-2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Alec Burleson1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ivan HerreraC | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Masyn WinnSS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ramon Urias3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jordan WalkerRF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Yohel PozoDH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 33 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
Pitching
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George SorianoP | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gordon GraceffoP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael McGreevyP | 4.2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Chris RoycroftP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Justin BruihlP | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |