Before the Cardinals can even begin concerning themselves with catching anyone in the NL Central, they need to win a baseball game. After losing two straight one-run games to the Detroit Tigers, St. Louis matched up with Alex Faedo this afternoon, who was making his first major league start of the season after being recalled from Triple-A Toledo.
Here are the starting lineups for both squads.
Tigers:
- Matt Vierling, RF
- Javier Baez, SS
- Riley Greene, CF
- Spencer Torkelson, 1B
- Andy Ibanez, 3B
- Eric Haase, LF
- Miguel Cabrera, DH
- Jonathan Schoop, 2B
- Jake Rogers, C
Alex Faedo - SP
Cardinals:
- Lars Nootbaar, RF
- Paul Goldschmidt, 1B
- Nolan Gorman, 2B
- Nolan Arenado, 3B
- Willson Contreras, DH
- Brendan Donovan, LF
- Dylan Carlson, CF
- Tommy Edman, SS
- Andrew Knizner, C
Steven Matz - P
This one had all the makings of yet another gut-wrenching loss when Jake Rogers popped a sixth-inning grand slam into the Tigers’ bullpen, but St.