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Detroit Tigers Media Relations Department w Comerica Park w Phone (313) 471-2000 w Fax (313) 471-2138 w Detroit, MI 48201 w www.tigers.com DETROIT TIGERS AT HOUSTON ASTROS Tuesday, February 26, 2013 Osceola County Stadium, Kissimmee, FL Game Time - 1:05 p.m. TODAY’S STARTERS RHP Doug Fister (0-0, 0.00) vs. LHP Erik Bedard (0-0, 0.00) TODAY’S TIGERS STARTER - DOUG FISTER Makes his first start during Grapefruit League action this afternoon at Houston...completed his first full season with the Tigers in 2012, winning 10 games...established career highs with 11 wins, 216.1 innings pitched and 146 strikeouts during 2011 as he split the season between Detroit and Seattle...acquired by the Tigers from Seattle in a six-player deal on July 30, 2011. 2012 Season (Detroit): 10-10, 3.45 ERA, 26 G, 26 GS, 2 CG, 1 SHO, 0 SV, 161.2 IP, 156 H, 73 R, 62 ER, 37 BB, 137 SO 2012 Season (Toledo): 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 1 G, 1 GS, 0 CG, 0 SHO, 0 SV, 4.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 SO TIGERS ALSO SCHEDULED TO PITCH: LHP Duane Below, RHP Shawn Hill, RHP Luke Putkonen, RHP Bruce Rondon, RHP Al Alburquerque and RHP Michael Morrison. ASTROS ALSO SCHEDULED TO PITCH: RHP Edgar Gonzalez, LHP Kevin Chapman, LHP Rudy Owens, RHP Sam Demel and RHP Chia-Jen Lo. LOOKING BACK AT YESTERDAY’S ACTION: The Tigers knocked off the Phillies 10-1 yesterday afternoon. Casey Crosby (1-0) picked up the win for Detroit. Miguel Cabrera, Kevin Russo and Nick Castellanos all homered for the Tigers. WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC PARTICIPANTS: The following five players from Detroit’s major league camp have been selected to participate in the World Baseball Classic: righthanded pitchers Octavio Dotel (Dominican Republic), Shawn Hill (Canada) and Anibal Sanchez (Venezuela), second baseman Omar Infante (Venezuela) and third baseman Miguel Cabrera (Venezuela). Righthanded pitcher Warwick Saupold (Australia) and infielder Cale Iorg (Canada) will depart Detroit’s minor league camp to participate in this year’s World Baseball Classic. TRIO OF TIGERS NAMED TO BASEBALL AMERICA’S TOP 100 PROSPECTS: Three Tigers have been named to Baseball America’s top 100 prospects list this spring: third baseman/outfielder Nick Castellanos (#21), outfielder Avisail Garcia (#74) and righthanded pitcher Bruce Rondon (#95). TWO MINOR LEAGUERS JOIN TIGERS FOR TODAY’S GAME: The following two minor league players have joined the Tigers for today’s game: righthanded pitchers Greg Ross (#29) and Jesse Todd (#63). LONG-STANDING RELATIONSHIP: The Tigers return to Spring Training in 2013 for the 77th season in Lakeland and their 48th at Joker Marchant Stadium. The relationship between the Tigers and the city of Lakeland is the longest standing of all major league clubs and their Spring Training homes. INDIVIDUAL GAME TICKETS ON SALE ON MARCH 2: Individual game tickets for the Tigers 2013 season at Comerica Park will go on sale on Saturday, March 2 at 10:00 a.m. Fans may purchase tickets at the Comerica Park box office, by visiting www.tigers.com or by calling 1-866-66-TIGER. Additionally, season and group tickets for the 2013 season are available by calling 313-471-BALL. 2013 DETROIT TIGERS SPRING TRAINING SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT WINNER LOSER SAVE ATTEN. 2/22 Tigers 2, @Braves 1 Ortega Buchter Alvarez 7,093 2/23 BLUE JAYS 10, @TIGERS 3 Bush Robowski -- 8,025 2/24 @TIGERS 5, PHILLIES 5 (10) -- -- -- 6,243 2/25 Tigers 10, @Phillies 1 Crosby Papelbon -- 6,061 2/26 @Houston, 1:05 p.m.% 2/27 ATLANTA, 1:05 p.m.% 2/28 @Tampa Bay, 1:05 p.m.% 3/1 @New York Mets, 1:10 p.m.% 3/2 PITTSBURGH, 1:05 p.m.# @New York Yankees, 1:05 p.m. 3/3 @Atlanta, 1:05 p.m.% 3/4 HOUSTON, 1:05 p.m.#^ 3/5 OPEN DATE 3/6 TORONTO, 1:05 p.m.% 3/7 @Atlanta, 6:05 p.m.% 3/8 NEW YORK METS, 1:05 p.m.% 3/9 @Toronto, 1:05 p.m.% 3/10 WASHINGTON, 1:05 p.m.# 3/11 NEW YORK METS, 1:05 p.m.% 3/12 @Philadelphia, 1:05 p.m.% 3/13 FLORIDA SOUTHERN, 1:05 p.m.* 3/14 @New York Mets, 1:10 p.m.% 3/15 TORONTO, 1:05 p.m.% 3/16 @St. Louis, 1:05 p.m.# 3/17 WASHINGTON, 1:05 p.m.# 3/18 @Washington, 1:05 p.m.% 3/19 TAMPA BAY, 1:05 p.m.%^ 3/20 OPEN DATE 3/21 HOUSTON, 6:05 p.m.%^ 3/22 @Washington, 1:05 p.m.% 3/23 NEW YORK YANKEES, 1:05 p.m.# 3/24 @New York Mets, 1:10 p.m.# 3/25 @Miami, 1:05 p.m.%^ 3/26 ATLANTA, 1:05 p.m.% 3/27 PHILADELPHIA, 1:05 p.m.%& 3/28 @Houston, 1:05 p.m.% 3/29 TAMPA BAY, 1:05 p.m.% 3/30 @Tampa Bay, 1:05 p.m.# * - “B” Game, # - 97.1 FM ONLY, % - AM 1270 ONLY, ^ - FOX Sports Detroit, & - ESPN ALL TIMES EASTERN; HOME GAMES IN CAPS RECORD: 2-1-1 HOME: 0-1-1 ROAD: 2-0 VS. AL: 0-1 VS. NL: 2-0-1 “B” GAMES: 0-0 © Detroit Tigers, 2013 ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... World Series Champions w 1935 w 1945 w 1968 w 1984 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS: WEDNESDAY VS. ATLANTA: RHP Rick Porcello, RHP Joaquin Benoit, RHP Octavio Dotel, RHP Brayan Villarreal, LHP Kyle Lobstein, RHP Jose Ortega and LHP Phil Coke vs. RHP Tim Hudson, LHP Jonny Venters, RHP Cory Gearrin, RHP Anthony Varvaro and LHP Yohan Flande. THURSDAY AT TAMPA BAY: RHP Anibal Sanchez, RHP Trevor Bell, RHP Luis Marte, LHP Jose Alvarez, LHP Kenny Faulk and LHP Darin Downs vs. LHP Matt Moore, RHP Jeff Niemann, RHP Roberto Hernandez, LHP Jake McGee, RHP Joel Peralta, LHP Cesar Ramos and RHP Jamey Wright. FRIDAY AT NEW YORK (NL): RHP Justin Verlander vs. LHP Jonathon Niese. PITCHING LOGS AL ALBURQUERQUE KENNY FAULK LUKE PUTKONEN DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO 2/24 PHI ND 1.0 1 1 1 0 2 2/22 @ATL ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 2/22 @ATL ND 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 2/25 @PHI ND 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 JOSE ALVAREZ RYAN ROBOWSKI DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO DOUG FISTER DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO 2/22 @ATL SV-1 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO 2/23 TOR L-1 1.0 2 4 4 2 1 2/24 PHI ND 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 SHAWN HILL BRUCE RONDON TREVOR BELL DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO 2/23 TOR ND 1.0 2 3 3 3 0 2/23 TOR ND 1.0 1 0 0 1 2 2/23 TOR ND 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 2/25 @PHI ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 KYLE LOBSTEIN ANIBAL SANCHEZ DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO DUANE BELOW 2/24 PHI ND 1.2 4 3 3 0 1 2/23 TOR ND 2.0 3 0 0 0 1 DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO 2/23 TOR ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 LUIS MARTE MAX SCHERZER DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO JOAQUIN BENOIT 2/22 @ATL ND 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO 2/25 @PHI ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 DREW SMYLY 2/24 PHI ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO MELVIN MERCEDES 2/25 @PHI ND 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 PHIL COKE DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO 2/23 TOR ND 1.0 2 3 3 2 0 JUSTIN VERLANDER 2/24 PHI ND 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO MICHAEL MORRISON 2/24 PHI ND 2.0 3 1 1 0 2 CASEY CROSBY DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO 2/23 TOR ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 BRAYAN VILLARREAL 2/25 @PHI W-1 2.0 1 1 1 2 0 DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO JOSE ORTEGA 2/24 PHI ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 OCTAVIO DOTEL DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO 2/22 @ATL W-1 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 2/24 PHI ND 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 2/24 PHI ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 DARIN DOWNS RICK PORCELLO DATE OPP DEC. IP H R ER BB SO DATE OPP DEC. 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