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Detroit Tigers (9-13-4) at Atlanta Braves (12-13-1) Wednesday, March 21, 2018 • Champion Stadium, Kissimmee, FL • 6:05 p.m. ET LHP Francisco Liriano (1-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Brandon McCarthy (1-0, 1.35) TV: FOX Sports Detroit/MLB.TV • Radio: None RECENT RESULTS: The Tigers defeated the New York Yankees 8-3 on Tuesday a ernoon at Publix Field at NUMERICAL ROSTER Joker Marchant Stadium. Victor Reyes was a perfect 3x3 in the game with a run scored, a double and a RBI, 1 José Iglesias INF while Dixon Machado drove in a pair of runs and went 2x3. Victor Mar nez added a solo home run, his 8 Mikie Mahtook OF fi h of the spring. Sandy Baez started for Detroit and picked up the win, allowing a run on four hits in 3.0 9 OF innings of work. Shane Greene, Daniel Stumpf, Louis Coleman, Joe Jiménez and John Schreiber each worked 12 Leonys Mar n OF a scoreless inning in relief. The Tigers begin a three-game road swing tonight as they face the Atlanta Braves 14 Alexi Amarista INF in Kissimmee. 19 Jarrod Saltalamacchia C 21 JaCoby Jones OF UPDATE: RHP Ma Manning was diagnosed with a low level oblique strain on Tuesday. He 22 Victor Reyes OF will rest un l he is pain free and then resume his throwing program. We an cipate him star ng in extended 24 INF spring for a couple of weeks before being ac vated with Single A West Michigan. 27 Jordan Zimmermann RHP TIGERS TIDBITS: The Tigers rank ed for third in the Grapefruit League with 30 home runs, while they are 30 Alex Wilson RHP fourth with a .267 team ba ng average...Detroit's pitching staff ranks third in the Grapefruit League with 32 RHP 239 ...Victor Mar nez is ed for the Grapefruit League lead with fi ve home runs...Leonys Mar n 33 Derek Norris C has hit safely in seven straight games and is hi ng .474 (9x19) with fi ve runs scored, two doubles, three 34 James McCann C home runs and four RBI during the streak. 36 Blaine Hardy LHP 37 Jim Adduci OF TIGERS-BRAVES GRAPEFRUIT LEAGUE SERIES: The Tigers and Braves are playing the fourth game of their 38 Francisco Liriano LHP Grapefruit League series tonight. Atlanta has won two of the fi rst three mee ngs this spring. Following 41 Victor Mar nez DH tonight's game, Detroit and Atlanta will play on Friday, March 23 in Kissimmee and Sunday, March 25 in 44 LHP Lakeland. 45 RHP 46 INF ELEVEN MINOR LEAGUERS JOIN TIGERS FOR TONIGHT’S GAME: Righthanded Kevin Comer (#71), Fernando Perez (#87) and Jeff Thompson (#83), catcher Joey Morgan (#99), infi elders Anthony Pereira (#93), 48 Ma hew Boyd LHP Isrrael De La Cruz (#95), Alexis Garcia (#98) and Chad Sedio (#89) and ou ielders Cam Gibson (#88), Troy 49 Dixon Machado INF Montgomery (#92) and Herlis Rodriguez (#96) will join the Tigers for tonight's game. 50 Mike Fiers RHP 51 Johnny Barbato RHP 2018 TIGERS TICKETS: Fans looking to secure ckets to the best games this upcoming season can do so now 53 Warwick Saupold RHP by purchasing customizable cket packages, including the six and 20-game fl ex plans. Flex plans start as low 54 Drew VerHagen RHP as $110 and fans can choose the games and seats they want. Plans that include an Opening Day cket start 55 C as low as $15 per game. For complete 2018 season cket informa on, visit gers.com/seasons or call (313) 61 Shane Greene RHP 471-BALL (2255). 64 Chad Bell LHP 68 Daniel Stumpf LHP Individual game ckets for the 2018 season are currently on sale. Tickets start as low as $12. Secure ckets to 76 INF a summer of historic celebra ons that will showcase the great tradi on of Detroit Tigers baseball. Individual 77 Joe Jiménez RHP game ckets can be purchased at the Comerica Park Box Offi ce on Witherell Street, online at gers.com, or 78 Chad Huff man OF by calling 866-66-TIGER (84437). 80 Ronny Rodriguez INF TONIGHT’S TIGERS PITCHERS 81 Pete Kozma INF #38 LHP Francisco Liriano – (1-0, 0.00) 2018 Spring: Liriano will make his third start of tonight at Atlanta…Tossed 3.0 shutout innings, allowing two hits and walking two with two walks and four strikeouts on March 11 vs. Atlanta. 2017 Season: Made a career-high 38 appearances between Toronto and Houston in his 12th Major League season…Made 18 starts with Toronto to open the season, going 6-5 with a 5.88 ERA (82.2IP/54ER) and 74 strikeouts, and 0-2 with a 4.40 ERA (14.1IP/7ER), six holds and 11 strikeouts in 20 relief appearances with Houston…Struck out 85 ba ers, giving him 1,642 in his career, moving him into seventh place for the most strikeouts by a Dominican-born player…Made fi ve appearances in the postseason, four of which were 0.1 of an inning...allowed just one run in a combined 2.1 innings.

#64 LHP Chad Bell – (0-0, 1.35) 2018 Spring: Bell will make his fi h appearance of Spring Training tonight at Atlanta…Last pitched on March 7 vs. Toronto, allowing one run on three hits with two strikeouts over 1.2 innings in relief. 2017 Season: Saw the fi rst Major League ac on of his career, appearing in 28 games, including four starts, with Detroit…Posted a 0-3 record with a 6.93 ERA (62.1IP/48ER) and 57 strikeouts…Made his Major League debut on May 10 at Arizona…Did not allow a run in the fi rst four appearances of his Major League career, throwing 7.2 consecu ve scoreless innings.

#53 RHP Warwick Saupold – (0-0, 5.79) 2018 Spring: Saupold will make his ninth appearance of Spring Training tonight at Atlanta…Allowed two runs on four hits in 1.0 inning on Sunday at Tampa Bay. 2017 Season: Established career highs with 45 appearances, 62.2 innings pitched and 44 strikeouts as he spent most of the 2017 season with the Tigers…Did not allow an earned run in six consecu ve appearances with the Tigers from May 23-June 8, a stretch that spanned 11.2 innings…Compiled a 3-1 record with a 2.57 ERA (42.0IP/12ER) and 21 strikeouts in 26 appearances from May 25-August 13.

#54 RHP Drew VerHagen – (0-0, 5.00) 2018 Spring: VerHagen will make his eighth Grapefruit League appearance tonight at Atlanta…Tossed 1.1 scoreless innings on Sunday at Tampa Bay, allowing one hit and striking out a ba er. 2017 Season: Split the season between Detroit and Triple A Toledo, appearing in a career-high 24 games with the Tigers and pos ng a 0-3 record with a 5.77 ERA (34.1IP/22ER) and 25 strikeouts…Named Interna onal League of the Week for the week ending June 4 a er making two starts during the week, going 2-0 with a 0.00 ERA (14.1IP/0ER) and 13 strikeouts.

BRAVES ALSO SCHEDULED TO PITCH: RHP Peter Moylan, RHP Arodys Vizcaino, RHP Jose Ramirez UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PITCHING MATCHUPS DATE OPPONENT GAME TIME TIGERS PITCHERS OPPONENT PITCHERS Thursday at Philadelphia 1:05 p.m. LHP Ma hew Boyd RHP Jake Arrieta Friday at Atlanta 1:05 p.m. LHP Daniel Norris TBA March 21, 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 L, 8-3 Rivero Stumpf --- 7,124 March 9 New York (NL) T, 4-4 ------7,018 March 10 at Toronto L, 6-3 Garcia Fiers Case 4,620 March 11 Atlanta W, 6-3 Liriano Wisler Jiménez 6,399 March 12 Washington L, 5-4 Grace Reininger Harper 6,254 March 13 at New York (AL) T, 2-2 ------9,969 March 15 at Atlanta L, 8-1 Foltynewicz Fiers --- 5,934 March 16 Philadelphia T, 6-6 ------6,265 March 17 New York (AL) W, 9-3 Boyd Tanaka --- 10,077 March 18 at Tampa Bay L, 10-5 Archer Lewicki --- 6,912 March 19 Bal more L, 4-2 Tillman Fulmer Yacabonis 6,027 March 20 New York (AL) W, 8-3 Baez Lail --- 7,268 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: 9-13-4 Home: 5-6-3 Road: 4-7-1 vs. AL: 6-7-1 vs. NL: 3-6-3 “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 for assignment March 2 LHP Jairo Labourt claimed off waivers by Cincinna March 3 Reassigned RHP's Victor Alcántara, and Paul Voelker to Minor League camp March 6 Op oned INF to Triple A Toledo March 7 Uncondi onally released LHP Travis Wood March 9 Op oned RHP's Ar e Lewicki and Zac Reininger to Triple A Toledo; op oned RHP's Gerson Moreno and to Double A Erie; op oned LHP to Single A Lakeland; signed C Jarrod Saltalamacchia as a Minor League free agent March 11 Reassigned INF Dominic Ficociello to Minor League camp March 13 Op oned LHP Ryan Carpenter, C and OF Mike Gerber to Triple A Toledo; op oned RHP Sandy Baez and INF Sergio Alcántara to Double A Erie; op oned RHP Eduardo Jimenez to Single A Lakeland; reassigned RHP's Enrique Burgos, Kevin Comer and Mark Montgomery and C's Arvicent Perez and to Minor League camp March 15 Reassigned INF's , Kody Eaves and Edwin Espinal and OF Jason Krizan to Minor League camp March 16 Reassigned C Brayan Peña to Minor League camp