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Detroit Tigers (6-7-1) at PiƩ sburgh Pirates (3-7-2) Thursday, March 8, 2018 • LECOM Park, Bradenton, FL • 1:05 p.m. ET RHP Jordan Zimmermann (1-0, 5.79) vs. RHP Nick Kingham (0-0, 1.80) TV: MLB.TV • Radio: None RECENT RESULTS: The Tigers lost to the , 6-5, on Wednesday a ernoon at Publix Field at NUMERICAL ROSTER Joker Marchant Stadium. Nicholas Castellanos blasted a two-run home run, his fourth of the spring, while 1 José Iglesias INF Victor Mar nez added a solo home run, his third round-tripper in the Grapefruit League. Miguel Cabrera 8 Mikie Mahtook OF and JoséIglesias each added a RBI in the loss. Ma hew Boyd started for Detroit and allowed two runs, one 9 Nicholas Castellanos OF 12 Leonys Mar n OF earned, on three hits with one walk and one in 3.0 innings. Enrique Burgos struck out one in a 13 Mike Gerber OF scoreless inning of relief. Chad Bell took the loss a er giving up a run on three hits with two in 14 Alexi Amarista INF 1.2 innings. The Tigers return to the road today as they travel to Bradenton to face the Pi sburgh Pirates. 17 Grayson Greiner C ROSTER MOVE: The Tigers on Wednesday gave le handed Travis Wood his uncondi onal release. 21 JaCoby Jones OF The Tigers have 57 players remaining in Major League camp. 22 Victor Reyes OF 24 Miguel Cabrera INF MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS CAP AUCTIONS: Fans can now bid on the game-worn Marjory Stoneman 26 Zac Reininger RHP Douglas caps Tigers players and coaches wore in their Grapefruit League opener on Friday, February 23 27 Jordan Zimmermann RHP against the Yankees. To par cipate in the auc on, fans should visit gers.com/auc ons. All proceeds from 28 Brayan Peña C the auc on, which con nues un l Friday, March 9 at 10 p.m. ET, will benefi t the offi cial vic ms fund via the 30 Alex Wilson RHP Broward Educa on Founda on (browardedfounda on.org). 31 Ryan Carpenter LHP 32 Michael Fulmer RHP IN THE PIPELINE: Eight of the Tigers Top 30 prospects, according to MLB Pipeline, are currently in Major 33 Derek Norris C League camp. The top prospects currently in big league camp include: catcher Jake Rogers (#5, acquired 34 James McCann C in Jus n Verlander trade with Houston), le handed pitcher Gregory Soto (#8, signed as a non-dra ed free 36 Blaine Hardy LHP agent in 2012), ou ielder Mike Gerber (#11, selected in 15th round of 2014 MLB Dra ), ou ielder Victor 37 Jim Adduci OF Reyes (#17, selected in 2017 Rule 5 Dra from Arizona), righthanded pitcher Sandy Baez (#20, signed as 38 Francisco Liriano LHP a non-dra ed free agent in 2011), infi elder Sergio Alcántara (#25, acquired in J.D. Mar nez trade with 40 Sergio Alcántara INF Arizona), righthanded pitcher Gerson Moreno (#28, signed as a non-dra ed free agent in 2012) and infi elder 41 Victor Mar nez DH Kody Eaves (#30, acquired in Jefry Marte trade with Los Angeles (AL)). 44 Daniel Norris LHP 45 Buck Farmer RHP FOUR MINOR LEAGUERS JOIN TIGERS FOR TODAY’S GAME: Righthanded Victor Alcántara (#58), 46 Jeimer Candelario INF Fernando Perez (#89) and John Schreiber (#87) and ou ielder Jake Robson (#90) will join the Tigers for 48 Ma hew Boyd LHP today's game. 49 Dixon Machado INF 50 Mike Fiers RHP 2018 TIGERS TICKETS: Fans looking to secure ckets to the best games this upcoming season can do so now 51 Johnny Barbato RHP by purchasing customizable cket packages, including the six and 20-game fl ex plans. Flex plans start as low 53 Warwick Saupold RHP as $110 and fans can choose the games and seats they want. Plans that include an Opening Day cket start 54 Drew VerHagen RHP as low as $15 per game. For complete 2018 season cket informa on, visit gers.com/seasons or call (313) 55 John Hicks C 471-BALL (2255). 56 Spencer Turnbull RHP 57 Ar e Lewicki RHP Individual game ckets for the 2018 season are currently on sale. Tickets start as low as $12. Secure ckets to 60 Gerson Moreno RHP a summer of historic celebra ons that will showcase the great tradi on of Detroit Tigers . Individual 61 Shane Greene RHP game ckets can be purchased at the Comerica Park Box Offi ce on Witherell Street, online at gers.com, or 62 Sandy Baez RHP by calling 866-66-TIGER (84437). 64 Chad Bell LHP 65 Gregory Soto LHP TODAY’S TIGERS PITCHERS 66 Eduardo Jimenez RHP #27 RHP Jordan Zimmermann – (1-0, 5.79) 67 Enrique Burgos RHP 2018 Spring: Zimmermann will make his third start of the spring today at Pi sburgh...Started on Saturday vs. 68 Daniel Stumpf LHP Tampa Bay, allowing three runs on three hits with two walks and three strikeouts. 70 Harold Castro INF 2017 Season: Made 29 starts for the Tigers, pos ng an 8-13 record with a 6.08 ERA (160.0IP/108ER) and 103 71 Kevin Comer RHP strikeouts...Pitched in his 200th career game on April 19 at Tampa Bay, while he made his 200th career start 72 Dominic Ficociello INF on April 25 vs. Sea le...Recorded the 1,000th strikeout of his Major League career on May 23 at Houston, 73 Jason Krizan OF striking out Jake Marisnick to end the second inning. 74 Edwin Espinal INF 76 Niko Goodrum INF #68 LHP Daniel Stumpf – (0-0, 2.08) 77 Joe Jiménez RHP 2018 Spring: Stumpf is scheduled to make his fi h ou ng of Spring Training today at the Pirates...Gave up a 78 Chad Huff man OF run on two hits with one walk and one strikeout in 1.1 innings on Tuesday vs. New York (AL). 79 Mark Montgomery RHP 2017 Season: Appeared in a career-high 55 games with Detroit, pos ng an 0-1 record with a 3.82 ERA 80 Ronny Rodriguez INF (37.2IP/16ER) and 33 strikeouts...also pitched in 24 games with Triple A Toledo and went 1-2 with a 3.38 81 Pete Kozma INF ERA (21.1IP/8ER) and 26 strikeouts...Posted 17 consecu ve scoreless appearances with the Tigers from July 82 Kody Eaves INF 1-August 8, a stretch that spanned 13.1 innings. 83 Arvicent Perez C 84 Jake Rogers C #77 RHP Joe Jiménez – (0-0, 0.00) 2018 Spring: Jiménez will make his fourth Grapefruit League appearance today at Pi sburgh...Pitched a scoreless inning on Sunday at Washington, allowing one hit with one walk and one strikeout. 2017 Season: Saw the fi rst Major League ac on of his career in 2017, making 24 appearances for the Tigers… Made his Major League debut on April 13 vs. Minnesota, throwing a scoreless inning with one strikeout… Threw 17.0 consecu ve scoreless innings with Triple A Toledo from June 25-July 28...during the streak, he struck out 20 ba ers, while only allowing nine hits in 16 games. #51 RHP Johnny Barbato – (1-0, 0.00) 2018 Spring: Barbato will make his fi h ou ng of the spring today at the Pirates...Allowed one hit in 0.2 scoreless innings on Monday at New York (NL). 2017 Season: Began the 2017 season in the organiza on before being acquired by the Pi sburgh Pirates on April 17…Posted an 0-1 record with the Pirates, with a 4.08 ERA (28.2IP/13ER) and 23 strikeouts…Appeared in a career-high 24 games in three s nts with the Pirates…Did not allow a run in his fi nal eight appearances of the season with Pi sburgh from August 24-October 1, a stretch that lasted 5.1 innings. PIRATES ALSO SCHEDULED TO PITCH: LHP Felipe Rivero, RHP George Kontos, RHP Edgar Santana, RHP Kyle Crick

UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PITCHING MATCHUPS DATE OPPONENT GAME TIME TIGERS PITCHERS OPPONENT PITCHERS Friday New York (NL) 1:05 p.m. RHP Michael Fulmer LHP Steven Matz Saturday at Toronto 1:07 p.m. RHP Mike Fiers TBA March 8, 2018 GAME NOTES 2018 Tigers Spring Training Schedule Date Opponent Result Winner Loser Save A endance February 22 Florida Southern W, 6-1 Comer Langford --- 3,126 February 23 at New York (AL) L, 3-1 Hale Sodders Gallegos 10,129 February 24 Toronto W, 5-4 Zimmermann Rowley Russell 6,922 February 25 Pi sburgh T, 8-8 ------4,729 at Toronto W, 6-3 Boyd Sanchez Saupold 3,963 February 26 at Bal more W, 8-6 Barbato Gausman Voelker 5,760 February 27 at Philadelphia W, 11-6 Fiers Eickhoff --- 4,365 February 28 at New York (AL) W, 9-6 Montgomery King Castro 8,727 March 1 Atlanta L, 5-2 Jackson Moreno Morris 4,576 March 2 Miami W, 8-3 Boyd Gallen --- 4,768 March 3 Tampa Bay L, 7-4 De León Soto Gibaut 6,482 March 4 at Washington L, 6-2 Gonzalez Wilson --- 4,481 March 5 at New York (NL) L, 4-2 Harvey Fiers Gagnon 5,603 March 6 New York (AL) L, 7-2 Carroll Montgomery --- 8,468 March 7 Toronto L, 6-5 Case Bell Shafer 6,169 March 8 at Pi sburgh March 9 New York (NL) March 10 at Toronto March 11 Atlanta March 12 Washington March 13 at New York (AL) March 15 at Atlanta March 16 Philadelphia March 17 New York (AL) March 18 at Tampa Bay March 19 Bal more March 20 New York (AL) March 21 at Atlanta March 22 at Philadelphia March 23 at Atlanta March 24 Philadelphia March 25 Atlanta March 26 Tampa Bay March 27 at Tampa Bay

Record: 6-7-1 Home: 2-4-1 Road: 4-3 vs. AL: 4-4 vs. NL: 2-3-1 “B” Games: 1-0 2018 SPRING BATTING STATS

2018 SPRING TRAINING TRANSACTIONS DATE TRANSACTION February 23 Signed LHP Francisco Liriano as a free agent; designated LHP Jairo Labourt for assignment March 2 LHP Jairo Labourt claimed off waivers by Cincinna March 3 Reassigned RHP's Victor Alcántara, Alex Faedo and Paul Voelker to Minor League camp March 6 Op oned INF Dawel Lugo to Triple A Toledo March 7 Uncondi onally released LHP Travis Wood