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Alec Burleson homered and drove in four runs
for St. Louis. Brendan Donovan smacked a two-run homer and Paul
Goldschmidt had four hits.
Tyler Holton (2-0) picked up the win in relief for Detroit. St.
Louis reliever Kyle Leahy (0-1) took the loss.
The Tigers took a 2-0 lead in the first inning. Andy Ibanez
singled and Canha walked before Greene's one-out double scored
Ibanez. Spencer Torkelson's groundout brought home Canha.
Perez made it 3-0 in the bottom of the second with his first
homer of the game, an opposite-field shot to right-center.
Detroit scored again in the third on Canha's RBI double.
St. Louis broke through in the fifth. Michael Siani led off with
a single and Donovan blasted his third homer of the season.
With two outs in the inning, Nolan Arenado walked and
Goldschmidt singled. Holton then entered for Tigers starter Matt
Manning and Burleson greeted him with his three-run blast over
the left-center field wall, putting the Cardinals ahead.
The advantage didn't last long, as the Tigers scored three runs
in the bottom of the inning to take a 7-5 lead. Canha singled
and Torkelson doubled before Rogers knocked in a run with a
groundout. Perez then launched his second homer of the game off
Ryan Fernandez.
Burleson's RBI single in the seventh pulled St. Louis within a
run.
Detroit answered with four runs in the bottom of the inning for
an 11-6 advantage. Greene's seventh homer of the season got it
started. Rogers soon followed with an RBI double, Parker Meadows
drew a bases-loaded walk and Kerry Carpenter added a sacrifice
fly.
The Cardinals used a ninth-inning rally to defeat the Tigers 2-1
in the first game.
--Field Level Media
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