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GAME NOTES WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS: 1935, 1945, 1968, 1984 Detroit Tigers Media Rela ons Department • Comerica Park • Phone (313) 471-2000 • Fax (313) 471-2138 • Detroit, MI 48201 www. gers.com • @ gers, @TigresdeDetroit, @DetroitTigersPR

Detroit Tigers (18-11-1) at (6-20-6) Saturday, April 2, 2016 • Champion Stadium, Kissimmee, FL • 1:05 p.m. ET RHP (1-0, 4.82) vs. RHP Williams Perez (0-0, 3.27) TV: None • Radio: 97.1 FM NUMERICAL ROSTER RECENT RESULTS: The Tigers closed the home por on of their Grapefruit League schedule with a 9-4 1 Jose Iglesias INF win over the on Friday a ernoon at Joker Marchant Stadium. went 3 INF 3x3 at the plate, including a three- , his second of the spring. Nick Castellanos also 4 OF added a solo home run, his second of . Jus n Upton had a pair of RBI and went 1x4, 8 Jus n Upton OF while James McCann was 2x3 with a run scored. Anibal Sanchez started for Detroit and picked up the 9 Nick Castellanos INF win a er allowing four runs on seven hits with two walks and three in 4.2 . 12 Anthony Gose OF 14 Mike Aviles INF TIGERS-BRAVES SPRING TRAINING SERIES: The Tigers and Braves are playing the fourth and fi nal 17 INF 18 Tyler Collins OF game in their Spring Training series this a ernoon at Champion Stadium. Detroit has won the 19 Anibal Sanchez RHP previous three mee ngs this spring with the Tigers recording an 8-2 win on March 3 at Disney, a 10-6 21 Mark Lowe RHP win on March 15 in Lakeland and an 8-2 victory on March 20 at Disney. The two teams were rained 24 INF out on March 25 in Lakeland. Detroit and Atlanta will square off in Interleague Play this year with a 26 Jeff Ferrell RHP three-game series scheduled for September 30-October 2. 27 Jordan Zimmermann RHP 28 J.D. Mar nez OF 30 RHP TIGERS TIDBITS: The Tigers 18 Grapefruit League wins are the most they've had since winning 19 34 James McCann C games in 2013...Detroit fi nished with an 11-4 record at Joker Marchant Stadium this spring...The 35 Jus n Verlander RHP Tigers have had 19 diff erent players at least one home run this spring and currently lead the 37 Mike Pelfrey RHP Grapefruit League with 49 home runs during Spring Training...The Tigers 49 home runs this spring 38 Jus n Wilson LHP are the most they've had in Spring Training since hi ng 54 in 2006...James McCann is ba ng .375 39 Jarrod Saltalamacchia C (6x16) with three runs scored, one , two home runs and fi ve RBI over his last fi ve games...J.D. 41 Victor Mar nez DH 44 Daniel Norris LHP Mar nez ranks second in the Grapefruit League with seven home runs...Anthony Gose has hit safely 45 Buck Farmer RHP in each of the last three games and is ba ng .556 (5x9) with four runs scored, a triple, a home run 54 Drew VerHagen RHP and three RBI during the stretch. 56 Kyle Ryan LHP 57 Francisco Rodriguez RHP TEN MINOR LEAGUERS JOIN TIGERS FOR TODAY’S GAME: Righthanded San ago Garrido 60 Angel Nesbi RHP (#86), Confesor Lara (#87), Jonathan Maciel (#97) and Kurt Spomer (#90), le handed Joe 61 Shane Greene RHP Man ply (#96), (#31), infi elder Jordany Valdespin (#95) and ou ielders Connor 65 LHP 67 RHP Harrell (#99), Chad Huff man (#89) and Ben Verlander (#85) will join the Tigers for today's game. TIGERS FLEX PLANS ON SALE NOW: Tigers fans can now create their own personalized cket package with a Detroit Tigers Flex Plan. With the Fan’s Choice 10-Game Flex Plan, you get to see the games you want to see! Select any two games in April (excluding ), May, June and September along with one each in July and August to complete your plan. As a bonus, order this plan and receive a limited edi on Al Kaline bobblehead, while supplies last. The Fan’s Choice 10-Game Flex Plan starts as low as $172 per seat. Pepsi 6-Game Flex Plans are also available and start at just $110 per seat, while 20-Game Flex Plans start at just $382 per seat. For more informa on on Detroit Tigers Flex Plans or other cket op ons, please visit gers.com or call (313) 471-2255.

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#27 RHP Jordan Zimmermann — (1-0, 4.82) 2016 Spring: Zimmermann is making his fourth start of the spring today at Atlanta...earned the win on March 16 at Houston, throwing 3.0 shutout innings and allowing two hits with three strikeouts. 2015 Season: Started 33 games and posted a 13-10 record with a 3.66 ERA (201.2IP/82ER) and 164 strikeouts... ed for the Na onal League lead with 33 starts, while he ranked sixth with 1.74 walks per nine innings and ed for eighth with 22 quality starts...fi nished his six-year Na onals career as the club’s all- me leader in wins (70), innings (1094.0), strikeouts (903) and games started (178)...one of just four major league pitchers to throw 190.0 innings-or-more and start at least 32 games in each of the last four seasons.

#37 RHP Mike Pelfrey — (2-2, 2.66) 2016 Spring: Pelfrey is appearing in his sixth game of Spring Training today at the Braves...has limited opponents to a .203 (15x74) ba ng average this spring...suff ered the loss on Sunday vs. the Astros, allowing four runs on seven hits with two walks and four strikeouts in 5.0 innings. 2015 Season: Made 30-or-more starts for the fi h me in his career and fi rst me since 2011... posted a 6-11 record with a 4.26 ERA (164.2IP/78ER) and 86 strikeouts in 30 starts with the ...fi nished the season ed for the major league lead with 29 ground ball double plays, while he led the American League with 0.60 home runs per nine innings and ranked sixth in the AL with a 2.14 ground ball-to-fl y ball ra o.

BRAVES ALSO SCHEDULED TO PITCH: RHP Alexi Ogando, RHP Jose Ramirez, LHP Eric O'Flaherty

UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PITCHING MATCHUPS DATE OPPONENT GAME TIME TIGERS PITCHERS OPPONENT PITCHERS End of Spring Training April 2, 2016 GAME NOTES 2016 Tigers Spring Training Schedule Date Opponent Result Winner Loser A endance February 29 Florida Southern W, 7-2 Bri on Brooks 3,190 March 1 Pi sburgh L, 4-2 Scahill Kensing Marte 6,779 March 2 @New York (AL) L, 10-9 Goody Man ply 9,023 @Pi sburgh W, 10-3 Farmer Locke 6,952 March 3 @Atlanta W, 8-2 Norris Newcomb 5,618 March 4 New York (AL) W, 3-0 Bri on Pestano Saupold 8,696 March 5 @Washington L, 8-4 Hill Valdez 6,984 March 6 Miami W, 9-2 Boyd Axelrod 7,836 March 7 @New York (NL) L, 7-3 Colon Pelfrey 6,104 March 8 Tampa Bay W, 6-5 Lara Faria Rondon 7,322 March 9 Washington W, 11-5 Verlander Gonzalez 7,620 March 10 @Philadelphia T, 6-6 7,787 March 11 @Houston L, 10-4 Feldman Fulmer 4,237 March 12 Pi sburgh W, 3-0 Pelfrey Locke Farmer 8,926 March 13 @Pi sburgh L, 9-5 Schugel Hardy 8,771 March 14 New York (NL) W, 9-2 J. Wilson Gsellman Greene 8,099 March 15 Atlanta W, 10-6 Verlander Norris 7,247 March 16 @Houston W, 7-3 Zimmermann Peacock 4,644 March 17 St. Louis W, 5-4 Pelfrey Mar nez Farmer 9,057 March 18 @St. Louis W, 2-0 Boyd Wainwright Cas llo 7,499 March 19 @Miami Canceled-Rain March 20 @Atlanta W, 8-2 Greene Norris 8,574 Washington W, 7-6 Molleken Burdenhop Ryan 6,918 March 21 Philadelphia L, 4-3 Nola J. Wilson Rodriguez 8,418 March 22 Toronto L, 16-1 Hutchison Norris 9,074 March 24 @Toronto L, 6-4 Leon Parnell Aardsma 5,534 March 25 Atlanta Canceled-Rain March 26 @Philadelphia W, 6-5 Rodriguez Leroux Kensing 8,382 March 27 Houston L, 8-3 Feldman Pelfrey Fiers 6,133 March 28 @New York (AL) L, 3-2 Moreno Ravenelle 10,311 March 29 Toronto Canceled-Rain March 30 @Bal more W, 2-1 Greene Tillman VerHagen 8,163 March 31 New York (AL) W, 10-6 Kensing Green 7,557 April 1 Tampa Bay W, 9-4 Sanchez Marinez 6,379 April 2 @Atlanta

Record: 18-11-1 Home: 11-4 Road: 7-7-1 vs. AL: 6-6 vs. NL: 12-5-1 “B” Games: 1-0 2016 SPRING BATTING STATS

2016 SPRING TRAINING TRANSACTIONS DATE TRANSACTION February 18 Signed RHP Bobby Parnell as a minor league free agent February 23 Signed INF Casey McGehee as a minor league free agent March 12 Assigned RHP Joe Jimenez, LHP Kevin Ziomek and C's Aus n Green and Kade Scivicque to minor league camp March 14 Op oned LHP Jairo Labourt to Single A Lakeland March 18 Op oned RHP Michael Fulmer to Triple A Toledo; outrighted RHP Montreal Robertson and assigned him to minor league camp March 21 Assigned RHP Preston Guilmet, LHP Drake Bri on, C Miguel Gonzalez, INF's Dominic Ficociello, Tommy Field and JaCoby Jones, OF Mike Gerber and Jason Krizan to minor league camp; op oned RHP Jose Valdez to Triple A Toledo March 26 Op oned INF Dixon Machado and OF to Triple A Toledo March 27 Assigned C Raff y Lopez and OF John Mayberry Jr. to minor league camp March 28 Gave RHP Bobby Parnell and INF Casey McGehee their uncondi onal release; op oned RHP Bruce Rondon to Triple A Toledo March 29 Op oned OF Wynton Bernard to Triple A Toledo; acquired C Bobby Wilson and RHP from Texas in exchange for C March 30 Op oned LHP Ma Boyd to Triple A Toledo; signed RHP Bobby Parnell as a minor league free agent March 31 Assigned OF to minor league camp April 1 Assigned RHP Lendy Cas llo to minor league camp