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05/01 14:55 CDT Kenta Maeda gets first win for Tigers, 4-1 over Cardinals
Kenta Maeda gets first win for Tigers, 4-1 over Cardinals
By DAVE HOGG
Associated Press
DETROIT (AP) --- Kenta Maeda got his first win for Detroit, allowing four hits
over six innings in a 4-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday as
the Tigers took two of three games in the series.
Matt Vierling had three RBIs for the Tigers, who are 31-16 against St. Louis in
interleague play. The teams also met in three World Series, with the Cardinals
winning in 1934 and 2006, and Detroit taking the title in 1968.
Maeda (1-1) allowed a fourth-inning home run to Willson Contreras that landed
in shrubbery above the center-field fence. He struck out five and walked none.
The 36-year-old right-hander, who signed a $24 million, two-year contract
during the offseason, had a 7.64 ERA in his first four starts but has lowered
it to 5.02 by allowing one run over 11 innings in his last two outings. He
spent his first seven big league seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers and
Minnesota.
Alex Lange got four outs for his second save.
Miles Mikolas (2-4), facing Detroit for the first time, gave up three runs and
six hits in six innings.
Vierling singled leading off the second and scored on Colt Keith's double, then
hit a two-run, two-out homer in the third and added a sacrifice fly in the
eighth.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Cardinals OF Dylan Carlson (shoulder) started a rehab assignment with Triple-A
Memphis on Tuesday, going 0 for 1 with two walks as the designated hitter.
Carlson has been sidelined since an outfield collision in spring training.
UP NEXT
Cardinals: RHP Sonny Gray (3-1, 1.16) is scheduled to start Friday at home
against Chicago White Sox RHP Brad Keller (0-0, 0.00), whose only appearance
this season has been a five-out relief outing,
Tigers: RHP Reese Olson (0-4, 3.18) is expected to start on Friday at the New
York Yankees.
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