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Game Information ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 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 Oakland Athletics Friday, April 12, 2013 O.co Coliseum, Oakland, CA Game Time - 10:07 p.m. EDT RECENT RESULTS: The Tigers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 11-1 yesterday afternoon at TIGERS AT A GLANCE Comerica Park. Doug Fister (2-0) limited the Blue Jays to one run on eight hits in eight innings of work to earn the victory. Prince Fielder finished with two hits, including a double, Record: 5-4 / Streak: W1 and four RBI to lead the offense, while Torii Hunter finished with a pair of hits and three Game #10 / Road #4 RBI. The club begins a nine-game road trip tonight with the first game of a three-game Home: 4-2 / Road: 1-2 series at Oakland. The club enjoys an off day on Monday before continuing the trip with a three-game series at Seattle beginning Tuesday and a three-game series at Los Angeles Tonight’s Scheduled Starters against the Angels beginning next Friday. RHP Max Scherzer vs. RHP Bartolo Colon WHEN WE LAST MET: The Tigers return to Oakland tonight for the first time since (1-0, 7.20) (1-0, 4.50) defeating the Athletics 6-0 in Game 5 of the American League Division Series on October TV/Radio 11, 2012. Justin Verlander fired a four-hit shutout in the victory as the Tigers punched FSD/AM 1270 & 97.1 FM their ticket to the American League Championship Series for the second consecutive year. EIGHT IS GREAT FOR FISTER: Doug Fister limited the Blue Jays to one run on eight hits TIGERS VS. ATHLETICS over eight innings to earn the victory yesterday afternoon and improved his record to 9-0 2013 Record: 0-0 with a 0.73 ERA (74.0IP/6ER) in nine starts of eight-or-more innings since joining the 2013 at Home: 0-0 Tigers. Prior to joining the Tigers, Fister posted a 1-3 record and 1.67 ERA (81.0IP/15ER) 2013 at Oakland: 0-0 in 10 starts of eight-or-more innings. All-Time Record: 985-907-14 TURNING IT UP TO 11 WITHOUT A LONGBALL: The Tigers plated 11 runs yesterday All-Time at Home: 552-397-5 afternoon against the Blue Jays without hitting a home run. It marks the first time the All-Time at Comerica Park: 21-27 Tigers have scored at least 11 runs without hitting a home run since doing so in a 12-3 All-Time at Oakland: 433-510-9 victory over the Kansas City Royals on August 23, 2010 at Comerica Park. JACKSON GETTING ON AND GETTING IN: Austin Jackson collected three hits and 2013 Game Log scored three runs yesterday against the Blue Jays and has reached base safely in all nine Date Site Result Winner/Loser/Save games this season, while scoring a run in eight of the nine. He is the sixth Tigers player 4/12 OAK since at least 1916 to score at least one run in eight of the club’s first nine games of the 4/13 OAK season, joining Darrell Evans (1986), Gates Brown (1967), Al Kaline (1967), Barney 4/14 OAK McCosky (1939) and Charlie Gehringer (1929). 8/26 DET HUNTER A MULTI-HIT MAVEN: Torii Hunter finished yesterday’s game against the Blue 8/27 DET Jays with two hits, marking his seventh multi-hit game in the team’s first nine games of 8/28 DET the season. He is the third Tigers player since at least 1916 to collect multiple hits in seven 8/29 DET of the club’s first nine games of the season, joining Gee Walker (1937) and Charlie STREAKS Gehringer (1936). HUGE HOMESTAND FOR FIELDER: Prince Fielder collected two hits, two walks and four Last five games: 3-2 RBI yesterday against the Blue Jays and finished the six-game homestand batting .474 Last 10 games: 5-4 (9x19) with two doubles, two home runs and 13 RBI. The 13 RBI are the second-most that Last 15 games: 5-4 Fielder has racked up in one homestand during his major league career. He drove home Last 20 games: 5-4 15 runs on a 10-game homestand for the Milwaukee Brewers from April 30-May 9, 2007. (Source: Elias Sports Bureau) MIGGY ON THE MARK AGAINST OAKLAND: Miguel Cabrera enters tonight’s game batting .356 (53x149) with 11 doubles, 14 home runs and 43 RBI in 41 career games against the Athletics. He leads all active players with a .459 on-base percentage and .711 slugging percentage against Oakland, while ranking second with a .356 batting average. CABRERA, FIELDER FORM POWERFUL COMBO: Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder are among the leaders in the major leagues in home runs and RBI since the start of the 2006 season. Fielder is third in the major leagues with 260 home runs during that stretch, while Cabrera is fifth with 244 home runs. Cabrera is second in the major leagues with 844 RBI since the start of the 2006 season, while Fielder is fourth with 768 RBI. MIGGY’S ON THE MONEY IN RISP MANAGEMENT: Miguel Cabrera is hitting .377 (126x334) with runners in scoring position since the start of the 2011 season, tops in the major leagues during that stretch. LONGEST ERRORLESS STREAK TO BEGIN SEASON SINCE AT LEAST ‘21: Tigers fielders have not committed an error in each of the club’s first nine games of the season, marking the longest season-opening errorless streak by a Tigers team since at least 1921. (Source: STATS LLC) NOTES ON THE SKIPPER: Jim Leyland is in his eighth season as the manager of the Tigers, compiling a 612-532 record (.535). - Leyland enters tonight’s game with 1,681 wins during his major league managerial career, 15th-most all-time in major league history. Leyland is tops among all active major league managers with 1,681 wins. - Tonight’s game marks the 3,347th game Leyland has managed during his career, placing him in 15th place all-time in major league history. - Leyland is one of only three managers in Tigers history to register at least 600 victories with the club. Sparky Anderson (1,331 wins) and Hughie Jennings (1,131 wins) are the two other managers in Tigers history with at least 600 wins with the club. INJURY UPDATE: OF Avisail Garcia (right heel contusion, 15-day DL on March 22). TIGERS UPCOMING GAME DETAILS TIGERS OPPONENTS DATE OPPONENT GAME TIME PROBABLE PITCHER PROBABLE PITCHER TV/RADIO Saturday at Oakland 4:07 p.m. RHP Justin Verlander LHP Brett Anderson FSD/1270 & 97.1 (1-1, 2.19) (1-1, 3.38) Sunday at Oakland 4:07 p.m. RHP Anibal Sanchez RHP Jarrod Parker FSD/1270 & 97.1 (1-0, 1.50) (0-1, 6.48) All times Eastern. Radio coverage on AM 1270 and 97.1 FM The Ticket, unless otherwise noted. Local TV coverage provided by FOX Sports Detroit (FSD) and FOX Sports Detroit Plus (FSD PLUS). TIGERS AT A GLANCE IN 2013 vs. AL East: 4-2 Scoring five-or-more runs: 4-1 Lead after 6th/7th/8th inning: 5-2/5-1/5-1 vs. AL Central: 1-2 Scoring four-or-less runs: 1-3 Trail after 6th/7th/8th inning: 0-1/0-2/0-3 vs. AL West: 0-0 Extra-innings: 0-0 Tied after 6th/7th/8th inning: 0-1/0-1/0-0 vs. NL: 0-0 One-run games: 0-1 Tigers out hit opponent: 5-1 Tigers score first: 5-3 Tigers get quality start: 2-1 Opponent out hits Tigers: 0-3 Opponents score first: 0-1 Tigers starter works 6+ innings: 2-1 Tigers and opponent have equal hits: 0-0 © Detroit Tigers, 2013 ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... World Series Champions w 1935 w 1945 w 1968 w 1984 April 12, 2013 TONIGHT’S TIGERS STARTER - MAX SCHERZER ‘13 Season (Detroit): 1-0, 7.20 ERA, 1 G, 1 GS, 0 CG, 0 SHO, 0 SV, 5.0 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 7 SO. ‘13 Spring (Detroit): 1-0, 0.57 ERA, 4 G, 4 GS, 0 CG, 0 SHO, 0 SV, 15.2 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 6 BB, 20 SO. ‘12 Season (Detroit): 16-7, 3.74 ERA, 32 G, 32 GS, 0 CG, 0 SHO, 0 SV, 187.2 IP, 179 H, 82 R, 78 ER, 60 BB, 231 SO. TAKING IT TO THE MAX: In his fourth season with 2013 GAME-BY-GAME RUNDOWN the Tigers, Scherzer will make his second start of the SEASON (DETROIT) season tonight against the Athletics. DATE OPP. RESULT S/R DEC. ERA IP H R ER BB SO PC 4/6 NYY W, 8-4 S W-1 7.20 5.0 5 4 4 2 7 87 HEADED TOWARDS 1,000 STRIKEOUTS: Scherzer TOTALS (1-0 record) 1 start 1-0, 7.20 5.0 5 4 4 2 7 87 enters his start tonight against the Athletics with 836 strikeouts during his major league career, 164 SPRING (DETROIT) strikeouts shy of reaching 1,000 for his career. DATE OPP. RESULT S/R DEC. ERA IP H R ER BB SO PC 3/3 @ATL L, 6-1 S ND 0.00 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 -- LUCKY SEVEN: Since joining the Tigers in 2010, 3/8 NYM W, 3-2 S ND 0.00 2.2 0 0 0 3 6 -- Scherzer has posted 49 outings with seven-or-more 3/13 FSC* W, 11-0 S W ----- 4.0 2 0 0 1 7 -- strikeouts, tied with Felix Hernandez for the second- 3/18 @WAS W, 5-1 S ND 0.93 5.0 5 1 1 1 4 -- 3/23 LAN* --------- S --- ----- 5.2 1 0 0 2 8 -- most in the American League during that stretch.