ST. LOUIS (AP) — Riley Greene hit a two-run double in the seventh inning and Javier Báez added a two-run homer, leading the Detroit Tigers to a 5-4 come-from-behind victory over the reeling St. Louis Cardinals. St. Louis fell to 0 for 11 in series openers this season. St. Louis lost its seventh straight game and is 3-14 in its last 17 games. The Cardinals are 5-12 at home this season and have lost 11 of 14 games at Busch Stadium. Matthew Boyd (2-1) pitched six innings with six strikeouts and no walks. He gave up three runs on five hits.

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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Riley Greene hit a two-run double in the seventh inning and Javier Báez added a two-run homer, leading the Detroit Tigers to a 5-4 come-from-behind victory over the reeling St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night.

St. Louis fell to 0 for 11 in series openers this season. The Cardinals became the first team to drop that many series openers since the 1981 Kansas City Royals, who were 0 for 13, according to OptaSTATS.

St. Louis lost its seventh straight game and is 3-14 in its last 17 . The Cardinals are 5-12 at home this season and have lost 11 of 14 games at Busch Stadium.

The Cardinals, 1-10 in their last 11 games, have the worst record in the National League at 10-23. Detroit has won four games in a row and five of its last six games against St. Louis, dating to 2021. The Tigers are 8-1 in interleague games this season.

Matthew Boyd (2-2) pitched a season-high six innings with six strikeouts and no walks. He gave up three runs on five hits.

“Man, it was good,” said Boyd, who recorded his 800th career strikeout in the win. “I mixed all four pitches really well. I had really good stuff against a solid lineup. We responded pretty well with the bats. It was a good team win.”

Alex Lange earned his sixth save after giving up a leadoff double to Paul Goldschmidt, who leads the National League with 13 doubles. He struck out the final three batters.

“I gave up the hit, but I had to shake it off,” said Lange, who has not allowed a run in his last 12 appearances. “I still had three outs to get. Do what you got to do. Get ahead and put guys away.”

Detroit manager A.J. Hinch was impressed.

“I trust Alex to throw his best stuff to their best hitters,” Hinch said. “That middle of the order is real. You have to collect yourself and deal with the next hitter. It’s one out at a time. It’s no more complicated than that.”

The Tigers scored three runs in the seventh to take a 5-3 lead. Reliever Jordan Hicks (0-3) gave up the two-run hit on an 0-2 pitch to Greene, who entered the game in the fifth inning. It was the second blown save this season by Hicks.

“With two strikes, I just tried to bear down and make something happen,” Greene said. “I saw the curveball or slider pop and I went after it. We had a pretty good scouting report on him so I knew what he had.”

Hicks gave credit to Greene.

“He put a good swing on the slider,” Hicks said. “I mean, it’s just execution. I know what I have to do. I have to get guys out.”

St. Louis manager Oliver Marmol didn’t second guess his decision to bring in Hicks.

“He’s been pretty darn good the last two weeks,” Marmol said. “Unfortunately tonight, it didn’t go that way.”

He drove in pinch-hitter Zach McKinstry, who had walked, and St. Louis native Matt Vierling, who was hit by a 100 mph fastball.

“I’m sure it will be sore tomorrow but I’ll be fine,” said Vierling, who’s right wrist was heavily wrapped with ice. “I can play.”

Spencer Torkelson hit a run-scoring double off reliever Giovanney Gallegos.

Báez, who went 3 for 4 with a walk, put the Tigers up 2-0 when he hit a 1-2 curveball into the left field seats in the first inning after Andy Ibañez had doubled off starter Jordan Montgomery. It was the 20th homer allowed in a two-strike count this season by a St. Louis pitcher.

Catcher Andrew Knizner, who entered the game hitting .138, had his first extra base hit this season with a two-out home run into the left field bullpen in the third inning after Boyd had retired the first eight hitters.

St. Louis scored twice in the third for a 3-2 lead. The Cardinals, who left the bases loaded in the seventh, added a run in the eighth. But rookie Mason Englert got pinch-hitter Nolan Gorman to strike out with the bases loaded to end the inning.

“Englert was unfazed by the moment,” Hinch said. “The inning was building for them. He’d never pitched in his environment. He came up with a big strikeout.”

EJECTIONS

St. Louis manager Oliver Marmol and bench coach Joe McEwing were ejected with two outs in the ninth inning by home plate umpire Junior Valentine after questions some pitch calls. “He ejected our bench coach and I went out there and he ejected me,” Marmol said. ”

ROSTER MOVES

Cardinals: Recalled OF Juan Yepez from the Triple-A Memphis Redbirds. Yepez played in three games with St. Louis earlier this season, hitting .333 with one homer. … RHP James Naile also was recalled from Memphis, where he compiled a 3-1 record with a 2.50 ERA in six appearances.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Tigers: OF Kerry Carpenter (right shoulder sprain) will begin hitting this weekend. … RHP Trey Wingenter (right biceps tendinitis) will be re-evaluated next week to see how he responded to getting a cortisone injection.

Cardinals: OF Tyler O’Neill (lower back strain) was placed on the 10-day IL … RHP Jake Woodford (for right shoulder inflammation) was placed on the 15-day IL. … RHP Wilking Rodríguez had season-ending arthroscopic shoulder surgery earlier in the week and was moved to the 60-day IL.

UP NEXT

Tigers: RHP Spencer Turnbull (1-4, 6.84 ERA) has only been able to get through four innings in his last two starts allowing a pair of earned runs in both.

Cardinals: RHP Adam Wainwright (11-12, 3.71 ERA) gets his first start of the 2023 campaign on Saturday after recovering from a groin strain. His last appearance against the Tigers was a start at Busch Stadium in June 2009, nearly 14 years ago, and he threw seven innings in an 11-2 win opposing Justin Verlander.

Randy Arozarena homers as Rays beat Yankees 5-4

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Randy Arozarena homered in the first inning and then was hit by pitches in his next two plate appearances, leading to Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash being ejected as the MLB-best Rays beat the New York Yankees 5-4 on Friday night in the first meeting this season between the AL East rivals.

Arozarena homered to center field off Jhony Brito before the rookie right-hander plunked the outfielder on the elbow guard in the third. Albert Abreu then hit Arozarena around belt high with a fifth-inning pitch.

An angry Arozarena walked slowly toward first base and whipped his bat in disgust towards the Rays’ dugout.

There was yelling between the benches, but no trouble on the field. The umpires gathered and issued warnings to both teams, which prompted Cash to rush out of the dugout to argue with crew chief and first base umpire Lance Barksdale.

Wander Franco put the Rays up 5-4 with an RBI double off Jimmy Cordero (1-1) in the seventh. Kevin Kelly (3-0) pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings for the win, and Jason Adam worked the ninth for his third save.

The Rays (27-6) opened a 10-game lead over the last-place Yankees (17-16) in the AL East.

RED SOX 5, PHILLIES 3

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Chris Sale struck out 10 in six innings, and Boston earned its seventh consecutive victory.

The game was delayed for about 10 minutes in the first inning when a spectator fell over a protective railing and into the Red Sox bullpen while reaching for a baseball.

Boston rookie Masataka Yoshida extended his hitting streak to 15 games. Kiké Hernández and Enmanuel Valdez each had two hits and drove in a run.

The 34-year-old Sale (3-2) was charged with three runs and seven hits. Kenley Jansen worked the ninth for his seventh save.

Boston grabbed a 5-3 lead with two runs in the sixth against Zack Wheeler (3-2).

The Phillies have dropped five in a row to fall three games under .500.

PADRES 5, DODGERS 2

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Fernando Tatis Jr. hit two home runs off Clayton Kershaw, and San Diego beat Los Angeles in the first meeting between the teams since the Padres eliminated the Dodgers in the NL Division Series.

Yu Darvish (2-2) outpitched Kershaw (5-2), who was knocked out in the fifth inning in front of a loud, festive crowd on Cinco de Mayo. The division-leading Dodgers had their six-game winning streak snapped.

It was the first matchup between the teams since Oct. 15, when the Padres beat the 111-win Dodgers 5-3 on a rainy Saturday night to advance to the NL Championship Series.

Josh Hader pitched the ninth for his 11th save.

ORIOLES 9, BRAVES 4

ATLANTA (AP) — Anthony Santander homered from both sides of the plate, including a grand slam, and Cedric Mullins also went deep as Baltimore won for the 14th time in 17 games.

Dean Kremer (3-1) allowed one run in six strong innings for the Orioles, who became the first team this season to go deep off Braves ace Max Fried.

Fried (2-1) was charged with seven runs, five earned, in six-plus innings. His ERA climbed from 0.45 to 2.08.

Hot-hitting Sean Murphy drove in all four Atlanta runs, three of them on an eighth-inning homer.

Baltimore improved to 22-10, surpassing the Braves (22-11) for the second-best record in the big leagues.

ASTROS 6, MARINERS 4

SEATTLE (AP) — Kyle Tucker hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning off Matt Brash, and the Astros beat the Mariners in the first meeting between the AL West foes this year.

Tucker and Yordan Alvarez provided all the offensive punch for the Astros. Alvarez continued to torment Seattle pitching with a three-run homer off Luis Castillo in the third.

Brash (3-3) didn’t get the call on a borderline 2-2 pitch from plate umpire Shane Livensparger that froze Tucker, and missed his spot on the 3-2 pitch. Tucker’s homer was his sixth of the season.

Seattle manager Scott Servais argued the non-strike call later in the inning during a pitching change and was ejected by Livensparger.

Bryan Abreu (1-0) got the win, and Ryan Pressly pitched the ninth for his fourth save.

BLUE JAYS 4, PIRATES 0

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Chris Bassitt pitched seven innings, George Springer homered and Toronto stopped a five-game losing streak.

Bassitt (4-2) allowed four hits, struck out five and walked four. Springer hit a two-run shot off Rich Hill (3-3) in the fifth.

Pittsburgh finished with four hits in its fifth consecutive loss. Bryan Reynolds extended his hitting streak to 10 with a double in the sixth, Pittsburgh’s lone extra-base hit.

Hill was charged with four runs and eight hits in 5 1/3 innings.

ANGELS 5, RANGERS 4, 10 INNINGS

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Zach Neto scored on Josh Sborz’s wild pitch in the 10th inning, and the Angels earned their fifth straight win.

Neto started the inning on second base as the automatic runner. After Will Smith (0-2) intentionally walked Mike Trout, Neto advanced to third when Trout was forced out at second on Shohei Ohtani’s grounder. Sborz relieved Smith and his first-pitch slider got by catcher Jonah Heim to score Neto.

Carlos Estevez (1-1) pitched a scoreless 10th and had a pair of strikeouts. Trout had two hits and drove in a run.

The Angels trailed 4-1 in the ninth and were down to their last out before rallying against Smith.

METS 1, ROCKIES 0

NEW YORK (AP) — Kodai Senga pitched six innings of two-hit ball after a long layoff, and the Mets beat the Rockies to avoid falling under .500 for the second time this year.

Brandon Nimmo homered and made a diving catch in center field after committing a costly baserunning blunder Thursday in Detroit.

David Robertson caught a break to strand two in the eighth when Ryan McMahon’s line-drive single hit pinch-runner Brenton Doyle on the leg between first and second for the final out of the inning.

Adam Ottavino worked the ninth for his fourth save.

Colorado had its four-game winning streak snapped and was blanked for the second time this season.

Pitching for the first time in nine days, Senga (4-1) worked around four walks and struck out four.

Colorado’s Antonio Senzatela (0-1) allowed one run and three hits over five innings in his season debut.

DIAMONDBACKS 3, NATIONALS 1

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s Merrill Kelly struck out 10 in seven strong innings, and Corbin Carroll homered in his return to the lineup.

Kelly (3-3) gave up a solo homer to Luis García in the first, but also had three strikeouts in the inning. He allowed four hits and walked one in his second straight solid start.

Carroll homered off Josiah Gray (2-5) in his first start since crashing into the wall against Colorado last Sunday. Andrew Chafin worked a perfect ninth for his fifth save in six chances, completing a combined four-hitter.

TWINS 2, PHILLIES 0

CLEVELAND (AP) — Max Kepler hit a two-run homer for Minnesota, and Bailey Ober pitched seven innings in a combined three-hitter.

Ober (2-0) gave up three hits and a walk while striking out six. Jorge López worked a clean eighth and Jhoan Duran pitched the ninth for his seventh save.

Guardians starter Peyton Battenfield (0-3) did not allow a baserunner until Christian Vázquez singled with two outs in the sixth. Kepler followed with a 440-foot drive to right.

The Twins have homered in a franchise-record 17 consecutive games. Kepler has 15 home runs at Progressive Field since 2016, the most by a visiting player.

The game featured six total hits and was played in 2 hours and 11 minutes.

ATHLETICS 12, ROYALS 8

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Brent Rooker and Ramón Laureano hit back-to-back homers, and the Athletics outslugged the Royals in a matchup between the bottom two teams in baseball.

Kyle Muller (1-2) became the first A’s starter to earn a win in 33 games this year. The drought was the longest to begin a season in MLB history, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

Rooker and Ryan Noda each had three hits and three RBIs as Oakland improved to 7-26 with only its second victory by more than one run.

Nick Pratto homered for the Royals (8-25), who dropped to 2-15 at home. Brad Keller (2-3) gave up seven runs, six earned and 11 hits in 4 1/3 innings.

CUBS 4, MARLINS 1

CHICAGO (AP) — Justin Steele pitched seven effective innings, and the Cubs stopped a three-game slide.

Ian Happ hit a two-run homer for Chicago. Matt Mervis made his big league debut and drove in an insurance run in the eighth with his first hit, a sharp single to right.

Steele (5-0) allowed one run and six hits while lowering his ERA to an NL-leading 1.45. Mark Leiter Jr. got three outs for his first save.

Luis Arraez had three hits for Miami in its fourth consecutive loss. Edward Cabrera (2-3) struck out eight while pitching five innings of three-run ball.

WHITE SOX 5, REDS 4

CINCINNATI (AP) — Luis Robert Jr. and Elvis Andrus homered, helping Lance Lynn and the White Sox to the win,

Andrus erased a 3-0 deficit with a three-run shot in the fifth. Robert put the White Sox ahead to stay with a two-run drive against Hunter Greene (0-2) in the sixth.

Lynn (1-4) was charged with four runs and eight hits in 6 2/3 innings. Reynaldo López got three outs for his fourth save.

Jonathan India hit a solo homer for Cincinnati. Greene allowed five runs and seven hits in 5 2/3 innings.