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Detroit Tigers (11-14-4) vs. Philadelphia Phillies (11-16-2) Saturday, March 24, 2018 • Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium, Lakeland, FL • 1:05 p.m. ET RHP Jordan Zimmermann (1-0, 4.15) vs. RHP Drew Hutchison (1-0, 3.45) TV: None • Radio: 97.1 The Ticket RECENT RESULTS: The Tigers broke a 3-3 e with a seven- seventh inning as they defeated the Atlanta NUMERICAL ROSTER Braves, 11-3, on Friday a ernoon at Champion Stadium in Kissimmee. James McCann had a pair of doubles 1 José Iglesias INF and drove in fi ve runs, while John Hicks, Victor Mar nez, Daniel Pinero and Gabriel Quintana each added 8 Mikie Mahtook OF two hits in the win. Alexi Amarista and Cam Gibson each contributed a and two RBI. started 9 OF for Detroit and threw 5.0 innings, allowing three runs, two earned, on three hits with four walks and three 12 Leonys Mar n OF . Shane Greene was credited with the win a er pitching a scoreless inning of relief. , 21 JaCoby Jones OF Joe Jiménez and Louis Coleman each threw a shutout inning to preserve the win. The Tigers begin their fi nal 22 Victor Reyes OF stretch of home games this a ernoon as they host the Philadelphia Phillies. 24 INF 27 Jordan Zimmermann RHP ROSTER MOVE: Prior to today's game, the Tigers granted infi elder Alexi Amarista his uncondi onal release. 30 Alex Wilson RHP The Tigers have 27 players remaining in Major League camp. 32 RHP 34 James McCann C MATT ROSENHAMER AUCTION: Ma Rosenhamer, a strength and condi oning coach in the Detroit Tigers 38 Francisco Liriano LHP organiza on, was recently diagnosed with tes cular cancer. Impacted by the news, Tigers players and 41 Victor Mar nez DH coaching staff rallied together to collect autographed memorabilia to include in a digital auc on. Fans can 44 Daniel Norris LHP bid on the memorabilia, which includes autographed bats from Miguel Cabrera, and , 45 Buck Farmer RHP and a team autographed jersey, by visi ng rosenhamer.gesture.com or by tex ng Rosenhamer to 52182. The 46 INF auc on con nues un l Friday, March 30 at 10 p.m. ET and all proceeds will benefi t Ma and his family to 48 Ma hew Boyd LHP help with any medical expenses the family incurs. 49 Dixon Machado INF 50 Mike Fiers RHP TIGERS TIDBITS: The Tigers lead the Grapefruit League with a .271 team ba ng average, while they rank 51 Johnny Barbato RHP fourth with 33 home runs...Detroit's pitching staff ranks third in the Grapefruit League with 260 strikeouts... 53 Warwick Saupold RHP Nicholas Castellanos and Victor Mar nez are ed for third in the Grapefruit League with fi ve home runs... 54 Drew VerHagen RHP Miguel Cabrera is ba ng .438 (7x16) with three runs scored, one , two home runs and three RBI over 55 John Hicks C the last fi ve games...Victor Mar nez is hi ng .393 (11x28) with three runs scored, three doubles, two home 61 Shane Greene RHP runs and four RBI over his last nine games. 68 Daniel Stumpf LHP 76 INF TWELVE MINOR LEAGUERS JOIN TIGERS FOR TODAY’S GAME: Righthanded Victor Alcántara (#58), 77 Joe Jiménez RHP Mark Montgomery (#79) and Joe Navilhon (#92), catchers Aus n Athmann (#87) and Gresuan Silverio (#88), infi elders Alexis Garcia (#96), Josh Lester (#83), Anthony Pereira (#97) and Cole Peterson (#93) and ou ielders Luke Burch (#89), (#98) and Dylan Rosa (#99) will join the Tigers for today's game.

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#45 RHP Buck Farmer – (0-0, 0.00) 2018 Spring: Farmer will make his ninth appearance of today vs. Philadelphia…Has yet to allow a run through 10.0 innings pitched this spring, and has given up just four hits, holding opponents to a .118 ba ng average…Worked a scoreless inning of relief yesterday at Atlanta. 2017 Season: Compiled a 5-5 record with a 6.75 ERA (48.0IP/36ER) and 49 strikeouts over 11 starts with the Tigers…Picked up his fi rst Major League win in his 2017 Tigers debut in the second game of the doubleheader on May 27 at Chicago (AL), throwing 6.1 shutout innings with three hits allowed, two walks and a career-high 11 strikeouts.

#53 RHP Warwick Saupold – (0-1, 6.10) 2018 Spring: Saupold will make his 10th Grapefruit League appearance today vs. Philadelphia...Took the loss on Wednesday at Atlanta, allowing one run on one hit with one walk and one strikeout in 1.0 inning. 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.

PHILLIES ALSO SCHEDULED TO PITCH: RHP Jake Thompson, RHP Victor Arano, LHP Adam Morgan, RHP Hector Neris, RHP Luis Garcia

UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PITCHING MATCHUPS DATE OPPONENT GAME TIME TIGERS PITCHERS OPPONENT PITCHERS Sunday Atlanta 1:05 p.m. RHP Michael Fulmer RHP Monday Tampa Bay 1:05 p.m. LHP Francisco Liriano RHP Nathan Eovaldi March 24, 2018 GAME NOTES 2018 Tigers Spring Training Schedule Date Opponent Result Winner Loser Save A endance February 22 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 L, 3-2 Moylan Saupold Vizcaíno 6,233 March 22 at Philadelphia W, 6-2 Boyd Arrieta --- 8,156 March 23 at Atlanta W, 11-3 Greene Wisler --- 6,103 March 24 Philadelphia March 25 Atlanta March 26 Tampa Bay March 27 at Tampa Bay

Record: 11-14-4 Home: 5-6-3 Road: 6-8-1 vs. AL: 6-7-1 vs. NL: 5-7-3 “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 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 March 22 Op oned LHP's Chad Bell and Blaine Hardy to Triple A Toledo; reassigned C's Derek Norris and Jarrod Saltalamacchia, INF's Pete Kozma and Ronny Rodriguez and OF's Jim Adduci and Chad Huff man to Minor League camp March 24 Uncondi onally released INF Alexi Amarista