ST. LOUIS -- Finally, Miguel Cabrera thrived under the lights.
The two-time American League MVP ended a season-long slump in night games with a two-run homer and two singles and the Detroit Tigers also got homers from Yoenis Cespedes and J.D. Martinez in a 10-4 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night.
"Half of our games have been day games, so I don't know -- maybe he feels more comfortable," Martinez said. "But tonight was a night game and you saw, so it really doesn't matter."
Cabrera entered batting just .158 with no homers and one RBI in 57 at-bats at night -- he's hit .471 with eight homers and 25 RBIs in 68 at-bats by day. Manager Brad Ausmus called those numbers an "anomaly" before the game and Cabrera said simply, "I don't think about it."
"Honestly, I haven't thought about it once since we talked about it this afternoon," Ausmus said. "It's a non-issue in my mind."
Cabrera hit his 399th career homer and third in two games in the seventh inning off Mitch Harris, tying Andres Galarraga for most by a Venezuelan-born player, and Martinez followed with his eighth homer to make it 5-0.
"He's one of the best, there's nothing else you can say about Galarraga," Cabrera said. "He was a big-time hitter."
Shane Greene (4-2) allowed five hits in five scoreless innings before being removed due to numbness in his pitching arm. The team termed the injury mild and Greene said, "My gut feeling is I'll be on the mound in five days."
Ausmus said the fourth and pinky fingers on Greene's right hand became numb, perhaps from swinging the bat.
Leadoff man Anthony Gose had three hits and an RBI for the Tigers, who have piled up 23 runs and 37 hits the last two games. The 10 runs and 17 hits are both season highs against St. Louis.
"They have an offense that's really swinging the bats well," Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said. "They've got threats all the way through and they make you pay if you make mistakes."
Jhonny Peralta and Jason Heyward hit two-run homers in the late innings for the Cardinals.
Cespedes hit his fifth homer off Carlos Martinez (3-2) in the second and added a two-run double in the ninth. Gose tripled and scored on Ian Kinsler's sacrifice fly in the fifth and added two singles, giving him seven hits in the last two games.
Martinez struck out with the bases loaded to end the St. Louis second and bunted into the third out with two on to end the fourth. Mark Reynolds fanned on a pitch in his eyes with two on to end the fifth with Detroit leading 2-0.
"There were some missed opportunities," Matheny said. "We also had some good at-bats."
Martinez matched his season best with eight strikeouts but was lifted after the Tigers got two hits to open the sixth. But the start represented significant progress given the right-hander allowed seven runs in each of his last two starts.
UP NEXT
Tigers: David Price got two extra days between starts after injuring a hamstring when he stepped on a bat backing up a play behind the plate. "If I had to stay on five days, if it was the playoffs or the World Series or something and I needed to pitch, I would have been out there," Price said.
Cardinals: Tyler Lyons makes his third start of the season. He's 0-3 with a 6.81 ERA in 10 career games at home, six of them starts.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Tigers: Justin Verlander, on the DL with a triceps strain since the start of the season, threw 35 pitches in the bullpen.
Cardinals: Jaime Garcia (shoulder) made his second rehab start, allowing two earned runs in six innings with six strikeouts for Double-A Springfield. ... OF Randal Grichuk (back) homered in extended spring training and was on his way to St. Louis, and could be activated Saturday.
NUMBERS GAME
Matt Holliday singled and has reached safely in 33 straight games to start the season, tied for second-most in franchise history.
The two-time American League MVP ended a season-long slump in night games with a two-run homer and two singles and the Detroit Tigers also got homers from Yoenis Cespedes and J.D. Martinez in a 10-4 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night.
"Half of our games have been day games, so I don't know -- maybe he feels more comfortable," Martinez said. "But tonight was a night game and you saw, so it really doesn't matter."
Cabrera entered batting just .158 with no homers and one RBI in 57 at-bats at night -- he's hit .471 with eight homers and 25 RBIs in 68 at-bats by day. Manager Brad Ausmus called those numbers an "anomaly" before the game and Cabrera said simply, "I don't think about it."
"Honestly, I haven't thought about it once since we talked about it this afternoon," Ausmus said. "It's a non-issue in my mind."
Cabrera hit his 399th career homer and third in two games in the seventh inning off Mitch Harris, tying Andres Galarraga for most by a Venezuelan-born player, and Martinez followed with his eighth homer to make it 5-0.
"He's one of the best, there's nothing else you can say about Galarraga," Cabrera said. "He was a big-time hitter."
Shane Greene (4-2) allowed five hits in five scoreless innings before being removed due to numbness in his pitching arm. The team termed the injury mild and Greene said, "My gut feeling is I'll be on the mound in five days."
Ausmus said the fourth and pinky fingers on Greene's right hand became numb, perhaps from swinging the bat.
Leadoff man Anthony Gose had three hits and an RBI for the Tigers, who have piled up 23 runs and 37 hits the last two games. The 10 runs and 17 hits are both season highs against St. Louis.
"They have an offense that's really swinging the bats well," Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said. "They've got threats all the way through and they make you pay if you make mistakes."
Jhonny Peralta and Jason Heyward hit two-run homers in the late innings for the Cardinals.
Cespedes hit his fifth homer off Carlos Martinez (3-2) in the second and added a two-run double in the ninth. Gose tripled and scored on Ian Kinsler's sacrifice fly in the fifth and added two singles, giving him seven hits in the last two games.
Martinez struck out with the bases loaded to end the St. Louis second and bunted into the third out with two on to end the fourth. Mark Reynolds fanned on a pitch in his eyes with two on to end the fifth with Detroit leading 2-0.
"There were some missed opportunities," Matheny said. "We also had some good at-bats."
Martinez matched his season best with eight strikeouts but was lifted after the Tigers got two hits to open the sixth. But the start represented significant progress given the right-hander allowed seven runs in each of his last two starts.
UP NEXT
Tigers: David Price got two extra days between starts after injuring a hamstring when he stepped on a bat backing up a play behind the plate. "If I had to stay on five days, if it was the playoffs or the World Series or something and I needed to pitch, I would have been out there," Price said.
Cardinals: Tyler Lyons makes his third start of the season. He's 0-3 with a 6.81 ERA in 10 career games at home, six of them starts.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Tigers: Justin Verlander, on the DL with a triceps strain since the start of the season, threw 35 pitches in the bullpen.
Cardinals: Jaime Garcia (shoulder) made his second rehab start, allowing two earned runs in six innings with six strikeouts for Double-A Springfield. ... OF Randal Grichuk (back) homered in extended spring training and was on his way to St. Louis, and could be activated Saturday.
NUMBERS GAME
Matt Holliday singled and has reached safely in 33 straight games to start the season, tied for second-most in franchise history.
8:15PM,EDT,May 15,2015
Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Detroit - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Carlos Martinez pitching for St. Louis | DET | STL |
| Gose struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Kinsler grounded out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Cabrera grounded out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| St. Louis - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Shane Greene pitching for Detroit | DET | STL |
| Bourjos grounded out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Carpenter doubled to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Holliday lined into double play, second to shortstop, Carpenter doubled off second. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Carlos Martinez pitching for St. Louis | DET | STL |
| J.D. Martinez grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| Céspedes homered to left center (414 feet). | 1 | 0 |
| Castellanos struck out looking. | 1 | 0 |
| McCann walked. | 1 | 0 |
| Iglesias grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, McCann out at second. | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| St. Louis - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Shane Greene pitching for Detroit | DET | STL |
| Peralta struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| Reynolds lined out to right. | 1 | 0 |
| Wong hit by pitch. | 1 | 0 |
| Molina singled to left, Wong to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Heyward reached on infield single to pitcher, Wong to third, Molina to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Martínez struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Carlos Martinez pitching for St. Louis | DET | STL |
| Greene struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| Gose singled to center. | 1 | 0 |
| Kinsler popped out to shortstop. | 1 | 0 |
| Cabrera singled to left, Gose to third. | 1 | 0 |
| J.D. Martinez struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| St. Louis - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Shane Greene pitching for Detroit | DET | STL |
| Bourjos popped out to third. | 1 | 0 |
| Carpenter hit by pitch. | 1 | 0 |
| Holliday lined out to right. | 1 | 0 |
| Peralta struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Carlos Martinez pitching for St. Louis | DET | STL |
| Céspedes struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| Castellanos struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| McCann singled to center. | 1 | 0 |
| Iglesias walked, McCann to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Greene struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| St. Louis - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Shane Greene pitching for Detroit | DET | STL |
| Reynolds reached on infield single to shortstop, Reynolds to second on throwing error by shortstop Iglesias. | 1 | 0 |
| Wong lined out to center. | 1 | 0 |
| Molina lined out to left. | 1 | 0 |
| Heyward intentionally walked. | 1 | 0 |
| Martínez bunt grounded out to pitcher. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Carlos Martinez pitching for St. Louis | DET | STL |
| Gose tripled to deep right. | 1 | 0 |
| Kinsler hit sacrifice fly to right, Gose scored. | 2 | 0 |
| Cabrera struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| J.D. Martinez grounded out to third. | 2 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| St. Louis - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Shane Greene pitching for Detroit | DET | STL |
| Bourjos popped out to second. | 2 | 0 |
| Carpenter lined out to center. | 2 | 0 |
| Holliday reached on infield single to shortstop. | 2 | 0 |
| Peralta walked, Holliday to second. | 2 | 0 |
| Reynolds struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Carlos Martinez pitching for St. Louis | DET | STL |
| Céspedes reached on infield single to shortstop. | 2 | 0 |
| Castellanos singled to center, Céspedes to second. | 2 | 0 |
| Belisle relieved Martínez. | 2 | 0 |
| Céspedes stole third. | 2 | 0 |
| McCann grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Castellanos out at second. | 2 | 0 |
| Iglesias grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, McCann out at second. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| St. Louis - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Blaine Hardy pitching for Detroit | DET | STL |
| Hardy relieved Greene. | 2 | 0 |
| Wong struck out looking. | 2 | 0 |
| Molina walked. | 2 | 0 |
| Heyward struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Scruggs hit for Belisle. | 2 | 0 |
| Scruggs flied out to left. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Mitch Harris pitching for St. Louis | DET | STL |
| Harris relieved Belisle. | 2 | 0 |
| Davis hit for Hardy. | 2 | 0 |
| Davis grounded out to first. | 2 | 0 |
| Gose struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Kinsler walked. | 2 | 0 |
| Cabrera homered to center (413 feet), Kinsler scored. | 4 | 0 |
| J.D. Martinez homered to left (349 feet). | 5 | 0 |
| Céspedes grounded out to third. | 5 | 0 |
| 3 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| St. Louis - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Angel Nesbitt pitching for Detroit | DET | STL |
| Nesbitt relieved Hardy. | 5 | 0 |
| Bourjos popped out to second. | 5 | 0 |
| Carpenter singled to left. | 5 | 0 |
| Holliday fouled out to right. | 5 | 0 |
| Peralta homered to left (398 feet), Carpenter scored. | 5 | 2 |
| Reynolds struck out swinging. | 5 | 2 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Miguel Socolovich pitching for St. Louis | DET | STL |
| Socolovich relieved Harris. | 5 | 2 |
| Castellanos grounded out to shortstop. | 5 | 2 |
| McCann doubled to left. | 5 | 2 |
| Iglesias reached on infield single to second, McCann to third. | 5 | 2 |
| Romine hit for Nesbitt. | 5 | 2 |
| Romine struck out swinging. | 5 | 2 |
| Gose reached on infield single to shortstop, McCann scored, Iglesias to second. | 6 | 2 |
| Kinsler struck out looking. | 6 | 2 |
| 1 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| St. Louis - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Tom Gorzelanny pitching for Detroit | DET | STL |
| Gorzelanny relieved Nesbitt. | 6 | 2 |
| Romine at third base. | 6 | 2 |
| Wong singled to right. | 6 | 2 |
| Molina flied out to right. | 6 | 2 |
| Heyward homered to right center (384 feet), Wong scored. | 6 | 4 |
| Cruz hit for Socolovich. | 6 | 4 |
| Pérez at third base. | 6 | 4 |
| Chamberlain relieved Gorzelanny. | 6 | 4 |
| Cruz grounded out to second. | 6 | 4 |
| Bourjos struck out swinging. | 6 | 4 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Seth Maness pitching for St. Louis | DET | STL |
| Maness relieved Socolovich. | 6 | 4 |
| Cabrera singled to right center. | 6 | 4 |
| J.D. Martinez singled to left, Cabrera to second. | 6 | 4 |
| Céspedes doubled to deep right center, Cabrera and J.D. Martinez scored. | 8 | 4 |
| Pérez struck out swinging. | 8 | 4 |
| McCann doubled to left center, Céspedes scored. | 9 | 4 |
| Iglesias singled to left, McCann scored. | 10 | 4 |
| Holaday hit for Chamberlain. | 10 | 4 |
| Holaday popped out to first. | 10 | 4 |
| Gose grounded out to shortstop. | 10 | 4 |
| 4 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| St. Louis - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Al Alburquerque pitching for Detroit | DET | STL |
| Alburquerque relieved Chamberlain. | 10 | 4 |
| Carpenter lined out to center. | 10 | 4 |
| Holliday grounded out to second. | 10 | 4 |
| Peralta walked. | 10 | 4 |
| Reynolds grounded out to third. | 10 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit Tigers | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Gose CF | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 30 | .357 | .400 | .520 |
| Kinsler 2B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 30 | .301 | .370 | .392 |
| Cabrera 1B | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24 | .338 | .442 | .592 |
| J.D. Martinez RF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .250 | .317 | .485 |
| Céspedes LF | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .279 | .297 | .493 |
| Castellanos 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .240 | .297 | .392 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
Pérez 3B
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .091 | .091 | .091 |
| McCann C | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 | .281 | .303 | .406 |
| Iglesias SS | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | .357 | .417 | .469 |
| Greene P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Hardy P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
a-Davis PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .278 | .366 | .417 |
Nesbitt P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
b-Romine PH-3B
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .346 | .414 | .346 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
c-Holaday PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .500 | .500 | 1.167 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
| Totals | 42 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 192 | |||
| a-grounded to first for B Hardy in the 7th b-struck out swinging for A Nesbitt in the 8th c-popped out to first for J Chamberlain in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: McCann 2 (3, Socolovich, Maness); Céspedes (13, Maness) 3B: Gose (3, Martínez) HR: Céspedes (5, 2nd inning off Martínez 0 on, 1 Out); Cabrera (9, 7th inning off Harris 1 on, 2 Out); J.D. Martinez (8, 7th inning off Harris 0 on, 2 Out) RBI: Céspedes 3 (22), Kinsler (18), Cabrera 2 (28), J.D. Martinez (17), Gose (8), McCann (6), Iglesias (5) SF: Kinsler 2-out RBI: Cabrera 2, J.D. Martinez, Gose GIDP: Iglesias Tigers RISP: 5-12 (McCann 1-2, Céspedes 1-1, J.D. Martinez 0-1, Romine 0-1, Gose 1-1, Greene 0-1, Iglesias 2-3, Pérez 0-1, Kinsler 0-1) Team LOB: 9 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: Céspedes (1, 3rd base off Belisle/Molina) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: Iglesias (3, throw) DP: 1 (Kinsler-Iglesias). | ||||||||||
Game Notes
| SP GREENE (RIGHT ARM) LEFT GAME MID 6TH |
Game Information
| Stadium | Busch Stadium, St. Louis, MO |
| Attendance | 45,601 (103.7% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:26 |
| Weather | 74 degrees, cloudy |
| Wind | 8 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Brian Knight, First Base - Vic Carapazza, Second Base - Larry Vanover, Third Base - Ron Kulpa |
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