St. Louis at Detroit — MLB April 5, 2026

5 – 3

Final

Comerica Park, Detroit, MI

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
STL	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	5	6	0
DET	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	6	1

Decisions

Win K. Leahy STL

5.0 IP · 5 H · 2 ER · 4 K · 5.40 ERA

Loss K. Montero DET

4.1 IP · 3 H · 2 ER · 3 K · 4.15 ERA

Save R. O'Brien STL

1.0 IP · 0 H · 0 ER · 1 K · 0.00 ERA

Recap

Highlights

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Scoring plays All plays ›

Play	STL	DET
Bottom 3rd Kerry Carpenter homered (445 ft.) to deep center, Colt Keith scored	0	2
Top 5th Pedro Pagés singled to left center, Nathan Church to third, Nolan Gorman scored	1	2
Top 5th Victor Scott II sacrificed, Pedro Pagés to third, Nathan Church scored	2	2
Top 5th Ivan Herrera singled to right, Victor Scott II scored, Pedro Pagés scored	4	2
Bottom 6th Javier Báez hit sacrifice fly, Dillon Dingler scored	4	3
Top 8th Nolan Gorman hit sacrifice fly, JJ Wetherholt scored	5	3

Closing line

Box score

St. Louis

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
J. Wetherholt 2B	4	1	1	0	0	1	.273
I. Herrera DH	3	0	1	2	1	1	.226
A. Burleson 1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	.242
J. Walker RF	3	0	1	0	1	2	.300
N. Gorman 3B	3	1	1	1	0	0	.207
R. Urías 3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167
T. Saggese SS	3	0	0	0	1	1	.118
N. Church LF	4	1	0	0	0	1	.115
P. Pagés C	4	1	1	1	0	1	.200
V. Scott II CF	3	1	1	1	0	0	.310
Totals		5	6		3	7

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
K. Leahy W	5.0	5	2	2	3	4	97
G. Soriano	0.1	1	1	1	2	0	19
J. Romero	1.2	0	0	0	1	1	19
R. Stanek	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	23
R. O'Brien S	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	13

Detroit

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
C. Keith DH	3	1	1	0	0	1	.407
J. Jones PH-DH	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000
K. McGonigle 3B	3	0	0	0	2	1	.303
G. Torres 2B	5	0	0	0	0	2	.219
K. Carpenter RF	2	1	1	2	1	1	.194
M. Vierling PH-RF	2	0	0	0	0	0	.167
R. Greene LF	4	0	1	0	0	1	.229
D. Dingler C	3	1	0	0	1	0	.240
P. Meadows CF	4	0	2	0	0	0	.280
S. Torkelson 1B	1	0	1	0	3	0	.172
J. Báez SS	3	0	0	1	0	1	.200
Totals		3	6		7	8