Tigers Shutout Cardinals in Home Opener

0:00On April 3rd, Detroit Tigers finally snapped their 4-game skid with a clean 4-nothing shut-out over the St. Louis Cardinals in their home opener, Friday. Dylan Dingler crushed a homer, and Framber Valdez dominated with six scoreless innings in his Detroit debut, allowing just three hits and two walks. Three relievers locked it down after Valdez, while Cardinals' starter Michael McGreevy gave up three runs on seven hits over four and two-thirds innings. Riley Green sparked the offense with a double and later an RBI single. Javier Baez added another run, and Dingler's blasts put them up to nothing in. The fourth. Tigers owned the best regular season mark against St. Louis at 34 wins in 17 losses, but the cards hold a two-to-one edge in world. Serious clashes? Taking it in 1934 and 2006. Fans got a thriller with close calls, like Baez getting thrown out at the plate in the third in St. Louis, loading the bases but coming up empty.

1:01Game time hits 71 degrees, the warmest home opener at Comerica Park since 2000. No major injuries or drama, just solid baseball to kick off the series. Catch the rematch Saturday afternoon, when Tigers, Ridey Jack Flarity faces Cardinals, Ridey, Dustin May, both looking for their first wins. From around the league, powered by AI, this is MLB News Today. I'm Cory with the story.