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DETROIT TIGERS 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 (54-82) at New York Yankees (86-50) Sunday, September 2, 2018 • Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY • 1:05 p.m. ET LHP MaƩ hew Boyd (8-12, 4.22) vs. RHP Lance Lynn (8-9, 4.84) Game #137 • Road Game #69 • TV: FOX Sports Detroit • Radio: 97.1 The Ticket RECENT RESULTS: The Tigers lost to the Yankees, Detroit is 20-48 (.294) on the road this season and has TIGERS AT A GLANCE 2-1, on Saturday a ernoon at Yankee Stadium. Jim lost 28 of its last 35 games away from home. As a team, Overall ............................................................. 54-82 Adduci, Nicholas Castellanos and JaCoby Jones each the Tigers are hi ng .230 (535x2330) on the road in Current Streak .....................................................L2 had two hits in the game, while Victor Mar nez drove 2018, while the pitching staff has compiled a 5.02 ERA At Comerica Park ...........................................34-34 in Detroit’s only run of the game with a fi rst inning (575.1IP/321ER). On the Road...................................................20-48 sacrifi ce fl y. Daniel Norris started for the Tigers and Day games .....................................................28-34 took the loss, allowing two runs on one hit with one NEW YORK STATE OF MIND: New York (AL) has a Night games ...................................................26-48 walk and seven strikeouts. Norris carried a perfect 4-2 edge in the season series against Detroit. With vs. LH star ng pitchers ..................................17-18 game into the fi h inning, un l allowing a leadoff walk yesterday’s win, the Yankees clinched the season vs. RH star ng pitchers ..................................37-64 to Miguel Andújar. The Tigers and Yankees conclude series. The Tigers have not won a season series against vs. AL East ......................................................14-17 their four-game series this a ernoon. Following New York (AL) since 2011. vs. AL Central .................................................26-34 today’s game, the road trip con nues with three games vs. AL West ....................................................10-21 at Chicago (AL) (September 3-5). ON DECK: The Tigers con nue their three-city, nine- vs. NL ...............................................................4-10 game road trip tomorrow a ernoon as they begin Tigers score fi rst ............................................35-34 CASTELLANOS, VERHAGEN EARN AUGUST HONORS: a three-game series at Chicago (AL). Detroit is 10-6 Opponents score fi rst ....................................19-48 Nicholas Castellanos and Drew VerHagen have been against the White Sox this season, clinching the season Scoring fi ve-or-more runs ..............................33-15 selected as the Tigers Player and Pitcher of the Month, series for the eighth me in the last nine seasons. The Scoring four-or-less runs ................................21-67 respec vely, for August. Castellanos played in 26 Tigers are 6-0 at Guaranteed Rate Field this season, and Extra innings ......................................................5-5 games during the month, hi ng .283/.339/.443 with their six-game winning streak in Chicago is the longest One-run games ..............................................19-23 16 runs scored, fi ve doubles, four home runs and 15 for the club since July 15, 1979-August 26, 1980, when Two-run games ..............................................11-15 RBI. VerHagen made 11 relief appearances in August, they also won six in a row. Tigers get quality start ...................................26-23 compiling a 1-0 record with a 2.70 ERA (16.2IP/5ER), a Tigers starter works 6+ innings ......................27-33 1.14 WHIP and 17 strikeouts. NOTES ON THE SKIPPER: Ron Gardenhire is in his fi rst Lead a er 6th/7th/8th inning ....... 40-9/43-5/47-2 season as the Tigers manager a er being named to the Trail a er 6th/7th/8th inning ........ 8-60/6-64/3-70 NICK THE STICK: Nicholas Castellanos went 2x3 with posi on on October 20, 2017. Tied a er 6th/7th/8th inning ........ 6-13/5-13/4-10 a walk in yesterday’s game to notch his team-leading *Enters today’s game with a 54-82 (.397) record as the Tigers out hit opponent .................................36-24 45th mul -hit game of the season, which ranks seventh Tigers manager and a 1,122-1,121 (.500) career record Opponent out hits Tigers ...............................15-51 in the American League. Castellanos has hit safely in as a manager, which is the eighth-most wins among Tigers and opponent have equal hits ................3-7 seven of his last 10 games, ba ng .325/.386/.450 with ac ve managers and ranks 53rd in baseball history. Tigers hit home run .......................................39-38 fi ve runs scored, two doubles, one home run and three *Earned the 1,100th win of his managerial career on Tigers do not hit a home run .........................15-44 RBI during that stretch. June 13 vs. Minnesota. Come-from-behind wins .....................................23 *Spent the 2017 season as the bench coach for the THE DEUCE IS LOOSE: Jim Adduci had a pair of hits in Arizona Diamondbacks, who captured a Na onal yesterday’s game to record his 11th mul -hit game of League Wild Card spot and advanced to the Na onal TIGERS VS. YANKEES the season and his third in the last fi ve games. In 23 League Division Series. 2018 Record: 2-4 games since August 1, Adduci is ba ng .338/.363/.494 *Served as manager of the Minnesota Twins from 2018 at Home: 1-2 with six runs scored, fi ve doubles, two triples, one 2002-14 and is the winningest manager in Twins 2018 at New York (AL): 1-2 home run and nine RBI. history, pos ng a record of 1,068-1,039 (.507) over his All-Time Record: 947-1071-9 13 seasons...is one of 10 managers in baseball history All-Time at Home: 524-488-5 EARLY NO-NO’S: Daniel Norris re red the fi rst 12 to win 1,000-or-more games with a single team. All-Time at Comerica Park: 36-37 ba ers he faced in yesterday’s game, and threw 4.1 *Guided the Twins to six postseason appearances All-Time at New York (AL): 423-583-4 no-hit innings, un l allowing a two-run home run to (2002-04, 2006, 2009-10), including a berth in the Gleyber Torres. Norris’ performance followed Jordan 2002 American League Championship Series...was the 2018 Game Log Zimmermann’s ou ng on Friday, in which he threw 5.1 fi rst manager in MLB history to guide his team to the Date Site Result Winner/Loser/Save no-hit innings. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, it postseason in six of his fi rst nine seasons. 4/13 DET L, 8-6 Montgomery/Fiers/Chapman marked the fi rst me since June 1-2, 2016 that Detroit *Named the BBWAA American League Manager of the 4/14 DET PPD., Rain starters have thrown at least 4.0 no-hit innings in Year in 2010...also fi nished runner-up for the honor on 4/15 DET PPD., Rain consecu ve games. In that instance, Michael Fulmer fi ve occasions. 4/15 DET PPD., Rain took a no-hi er into the seventh at Los Angeles (AL) on 6/4 DET L, 7-4 Severino/VerHagen/Chapman June 1 and Ma hew Boyd carried a no-no into the sixth TIGERS ON THE DL: 1B Miguel Cabrera (ruptured le 6/4 DET W, 4-2 Fiers/Germán/Greene on June 2 vs. New York (AL). biceps tendon, 60-day DL on June 13); C John Hicks 8/30 NYY W, 8-7 Wilson/Betances/Greene (right groin strain, 10-day DL on August 8, retroac ve to 8/31 NYY L, 7-5 Bri on/Jiménez/Robertson TIGERS TIDBITS: Daniel Stumpf struck out one in a August 7); SS José Iglesias (lower abdominal strain, 10- 9/1 NYY L, 2-1 Tanaka/Norris/Betances scoreless two thirds of an inning yesterday. In six day DL on August 30); RHP ArƟ e Lewicki (right elbow 9/2 NYY appearances since being recalled from Triple A Toledo infl amma on, 10-day DL on August 15, retroac ve to on August 19, Stumpf has thrown 6.1 shutout innings August 14). TIGERS STREAKS with one hit allowed, one walk and eight strikeouts... THE DISTRICT DETROIT Last fi ve games: 1-4 Victor Mar nez had one RBI in yesterday’s game and now has 1,172 RBI in his Major League career. He is one The District Detroit is a dynamic urban des na on in Last 10 games: 2-8 the heart of Detroit. One that includes something for Last 15 games: 4-11 RBI away from tying Bobby Bonilla (1,173) for 172nd in everyone—a dense neighborhood experience with a Last 20 games: 6-14 MLB history. Mar nez has driven in seven runs in six variety of developments alongside Detroit’s premier sports games vs. the Yankees this season. and entertainment venues like Comerica Park. Connec ng downtown Detroit to growing nearby neighborhoods such CLOSE ENCOUNTERS: The Tigers played their 42nd as Midtown, Corktown and Brush Park, The District Detroit one-run game of the season yesterday, falling to 19- is having a drama c economic impact on Detroit and is a 23 in those contests with a 2-1 win. Detroit’s 42 one- driving catalyst of the city’s remarkable resurgence. The run games are the third-most in the American League District Detroit will deliver $1.4 billion in new investment (Tampa Bay, 52 and Sea le, 51).