May 5, 2016; St. Louis, MO, USA; St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Jaime Garcia (54) pitches to a Philadelphia Phillies batter during the seventh inning at Busch Stadium. The Cardinals won 4-0. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports
ST. LOUIS — Brandon Moss hit the longest home run by a left-handed batter in Busch Stadium history — 462 feet off the third deck in right field — and Jaime Garcia pitched seven shutout innings on Thursday, pacing the St. Louis Cardinals to a 4-0 victory against the Philadelphia Phillies.
Moss’ seventh homer is the fourth longest overall in Busch, which opened in 2006. It came with two outs in the bottom of the first against losing pitcher Jerad Eickhoff and staked Garcia to a quick 1-0 lead.
The Moss homer is the fourth longest this season in the major leagues.
Garcia took a no-hitter into the top of the fifth before allowing singles to Cameron Rupp and Tyler Goeddel but kept the shutout intact.
Indians 9, Tigers 4
CLEVELAND — Trevor Bauer and four relievers combined on a five-hitter and Michael Brantley had four hits as Cleveland completed a three-game sweep of Detroit at Progressive Field.
Cleveland banged out 16 hits, scoring four runs in the first inning, one in the fourth and four in the eighth. The Indians’ pitchers took it from there. In the last two games of the series Indians pitchers held the Tigers, who rank second in the American League in hitting, to a .159 batting average.
The Indians swept their second three-game series this season against Detroit.
Rookie Michael Fulmer gave up five runs and 10 hits in five innings to take the loss in his second major league start for the Tigers.
