Donovan leads Cardinals against the Tigers after 4-hit outing

By: The Associated Press Posted: 3:02 AM CDT Monday, May. 19, 2025

Detroit Tigers (31-16, first in the AL Central) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (26-21, second in the NL Central)

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Detroit Tigers (31-16, first in the AL Central) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (26-21, second in the NL Central)

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Detroit Tigers (31-16, first in the AL Central) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (26-21, second in the NL Central)

St. Louis; Monday, 7:45 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Tigers: Keider Montero (1-1, 4.68 ERA, 1.52 WHIP, 18 strikeouts); Cardinals: Sonny Gray (4-1, 4.50 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, 51 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cardinals -159, Tigers +135; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The St. Louis Cardinals play the Detroit Tigers after Brendan Donovan’s four-hit game on Sunday.

St. Louis is 15-6 at home and 26-21 overall. The Cardinals are 10th in the NL with 45 total home runs, averaging 1.0 per game.

Detroit has gone 14-11 on the road and 31-16 overall. The Tigers have the sixth-best team on-base percentage in the majors at .333.

The teams meet Monday for the first time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Lars Nootbaar has nine doubles and seven home runs for the Cardinals. Ivan Herrera is 13 for 28 with four doubles and a home run over the past 10 games.

Riley Greene has nine doubles, 11 home runs and 30 RBIs for the Tigers. Javier Baez is 10 for 40 with a double and three home runs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Cardinals: 8-2, .275 batting average, 1.94 ERA, outscored opponents by 36 runs

Tigers: 7-3, .267 batting average, 3.95 ERA, outscored opponents by 14 runs

INJURIES: Cardinals: Zack Thompson: 60-Day IL (lat)

Tigers: Reese Olson: day-to-day (finger), Casey Mize: 15-Day IL (hamstring), Parker Meadows: 60-Day IL (arm), Wenceel Perez: 60-Day IL (spine), Jacob Rogers: 10-Day IL (oblique), Ty Madden: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Alex Cobb: 15-Day IL (hip), Matt Vierling: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Jose Urquidy: 60-Day IL (elbow), Sawyer Gipson-Long: 60-Day IL (hip), Alex Lange: 60-Day IL (lat)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.