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Game Information ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Detroit Tigers Media Relations Department w Comerica Park w Phone (313) 471-2000 w Fax (313) 471-2138 w Detroit, MI 48201 w www.tigers.com Twitter - @DetroitTigersPR, @tigers, @TigresdeDetroit Detroit Tigers at Cleveland Indians Tuesday, September 2, 2014 Progressive Field, Cleveland, OH Game Time - 7:05 p.m. EDT RECENT RESULTS: The Tigers opened their series against the Indians with a 12-1 win on TIGERS AT A GLANCE Monday afternoon at Progressive Field. Detroit had 20 hits in the win with six different players recording multiple hits. Miguel Cabrera led the Tigers, going 4x5 with four runs Record: 75-62 / Streak: W1 scored, two home runs and three RBI. J.D. Martinez and Victor Martinez each added a home run, while Nick Castellanos was 3x5. David Price started for the Tigers and picked up Game #138 / Road #73 his 13th win of the season, allowing one run on eight hits with two walks and eight Home: 35-30 / Road: 40-32 strikeouts in 7.0 innings. The Tigers and Indians continue their four-game series tonight. Following the series vs. the Indians, the Tigers return home to begin a nine-game Tonight’s Scheduled Starters homestand, which includes three games vs. San Francisco, three games vs. Kansas City LHP Kyle Lobstein vs. RHP Carlos Carrasco and three games vs. Cleveland. ROSTER UPDATE: The Tigers today have announced the following roster moves: (0-0, 3.09) (6-4, 3.01) -The Tigers have recalled the contracts of lefthanded pitchers Kyle Lobstein, Robbie Ray and Kyle Ryan and righthanded pitcher Buck Farmer from Triple A Toledo. Lobstein will TV/Radio start tonight’s contest at Cleveland. FSD/MLBN/AM 1270 & 97.1 FM MULTI-HOMER MIGGY: Miguel Cabrera hit two home runs in yesterday’s game to give him 19 home runs this season. The multi-homer game was Cabrera’s first of the season TIGERS VS. INDIANS and his first since June 28, 2013 at Tampa Bay. It was also the 29th multi-homer game of his career and his 20th multi-homer game with the Tigers. With the two homers, Cabrera 2014 Record: 6-7 now has 384 in his career, tied with Harold Baines for 61st in MLB history. He also has 246 2014 at Home: 2-4 home runs as a member of the Tigers, which is the fifth most in franchise history. 2014 at Cleveland: 4-3 MORE ON MIGGY’S BIG DAY: Along with his two home runs yesterday, Miguel Cabrera also recorded his fourth four-hit game of the season and the 36th of his career. The 36 All-Time Record: 1092-1049-12 four-hit games are tied for the 57th most in MLB history with several players, including All-Time at Home: 593-472-5 Hall of Famer Al Kaline. Cabrera has 25 four-hit games as a member of the Tigers, which All-Time at Comerica Park: 72-60 is tied with Harvey Kuenn for the fifth-most in franchise history. All-Time at Cleveland: 499-577-7 CABRERA RAKING AGAINST THE INDIANS: Miguel Cabrera enters tonight’s game hitting .423 (22x52) with 12 runs scored, seven doubles, three home runs and 10 RBI in 2014 Game Log 13 games this season vs. the Indians. Cabrera ranks tied for third among all players with Date Site Result Winner/Loser/Save 10 RBI and fourth with a .423 batting average and a .731 slugging percentage against the Indians this season. Cabrera has recorded at least one hit in 11 of 13 games against 4/15 DET PPD., cold Cleveland this year. 4/16 DET L, 3-2 McAllister/Sanchez/Axford VMART, J.D. GO BACK-TO-BACK: Victor Martinez and J.D. Martinez hit back-to-back 4/17 DET W, 7-5 Verlander/Salazar/Nathan home runs in the third inning of yesterday’s game. It marked the seventh time this season 5/19 CLE L, 5-4 (10) Atchison/Alburquerque that the Tigers have hit back-to-back homers and the first time since August 8 at Toronto. It was also the second time this year that Victor and J.D. have gone back to back. They 5/20 CLE L, 6-2 Bauer/Verlander also hit consecutive homers on June 25 at Texas. 5/21 CLE L, 11-10 (13) Tomlin/Coke J.D. MARTINEZ RIGHT AT HOME AT PROGRESSIVE FIELD: J.D. Martinez has put up 6/20 CLE W, 6-4 Porcello/Kluber/Nathan impressive numbers this season at Progressive Field. In six games at the venue this season, 6/21 CLE W, 5-4 (10) Nathan/Allen/Coke Martinez has hit .435 (10x23) with five runs scored, two doubles, four home runs and 10 RBI. 6/22 CLE W, 10-4 Scherzer/Tomlin McCANN, MOYA MAKE MAJOR LEAGUE DEBUT: James McCann and Steven Moya each made their major league debut in yesterday’s game. McCann entered as a defensive 7/18 DET L, 9-3 Bauer/Sanchez replacement at catcher in the ninth inning, while Moya pinch hit in the top of the ninth and 7/19 DET L, 6-2 Kluber/VerHagen had a single for his first major league hit. 7/19 DET L, 5-2 Carrasco/Nathan/Allen TORII ON TARGET VS. CARRASCO: Torii Hunter has enjoyed facing tonight’s starter for the 7/20 DET W, 5-1 Smyly/Tomlin Indians, Carlos Carrasco. Hunter enters tonight’s game hitting .500 (6x12) with a double, a triple, two home runs and four RBI in his career vs. Carrasco. Among active players with at 9/1 CLE W, 12-1 Price/Kluber least 10 at bats against Carrasco, Hunter’s 1.250 slugging percentage ranks first, while his 9/2 CLE .500 batting average ranks tied for second and his .538 on base percentage ranks third. 9/3 CLE STREAKING: Victor Martinez enters tonight’s game having reached base safely in 20 9/4 CLE consecutive games, which ranks as the longest active streak in the American League. Martinez has a .457 on base percentage during his streak. Nick Castellanos has reached 9/12 DET base safely in 12 straight games and has a .392 on base percentage during his streak. 9/13 DET TIGERS TIDBITS: The five home runs by the Tigers yesterday were the most they’ve hit 9/14 DET in a game since June 1, 2013 at Baltimore...Tyler Collins hit the first home run of his major league career in the ninth inning of yesterday’s game. STREAKS TIGERS GETTING OFFENSIVE: The Tigers currently lead the American League with a .275 team batting average, 645 runs scored, 1,313 hits, 281 doubles, 626 RBI, a .331 on Last five games: 3-2 base percentage and a .427 slugging percentage, while they are fifth with 131 home runs. Individually, Victor Martinez ranks second in the American League with a .329 (156x474) Last 10 games: 7-3 batting average, while Miguel Cabrera is ninth with a .304 (156x513) batting average. Last 15 games: 9-6 ON THE ROAD: The Tigers are 3-2 on their current eight-game road trip. Detroit has a 40-32 Last 20 games: 12-8 record away from Comerica Park this season. The Tigers 40 road victories are the most in the American League, while their .556 road winning percentage ranks fourth. The Tigers are hitting .268 as a team on the road, while the pitching staff has a road ERA of 3.84. SEPTEMBER 7 AND 8 GAME TIMES REPLAY RUNDOWN: The Tigers have been involved in 77 instant replay challenges so far Game times for the Tigers game on this season. Detroit has challenged 32 plays with 19 plays being overturned, five plays September 7 and 8 have changed from the confirmed and eight plays standing as called. Opponents have made 36 challenges with 25 plays being overturned, four plays confirmed and seven plays standing as called. There previously listed time. First pitch for the game have been nine crew chief initiated reviews with four plays being confirmed, one play on Sunday, September 7 vs. San Francisco has standing as called and four plays overturned. been moved to 8:07 p.m., while the game on INJURY UPDATE: RHP Joel Hanrahan (right elbow surgery, 60-day DL on May 2), RHP Monday, September 8 vs. Kansas City will now Luke Putkonen (right elbow inflammation, 60-day DL on April 19), RHP Bruce Rondon start at 4:08 p.m. (right elbow surgery/UCL reconstruction, 60-day DL on March 29), RHP Anibal Sanchez (right pectoralis major strain, 15-day DL on August 9), RHP Joakim Soria (left oblique strain, 15-day DL on August 10), RHP Drew VerHagen (low back stress fracture, 60-day DL on September 1), INF Jose Iglesias (bilateral tibial stress fractures, 60-day DL on March 29), OF Andy Dirks (lower back surgery/microdiscectomy, 60-day DL on March 29). TIGERS UPCOMING GAME DETAILS TIGERS OPPONENTS DATE OPPONENT GAME TIME PROBABLE PITCHER PROBABLE PITCHER TV/RADIO Wednesday at Cleveland 7:05 p.m. RHP Justin Verlander RHP Danny Salazar FSD/1270 & 97.1 (12-11, 4.68) (5-6, 4.23) Thursday at Cleveland 7:05 p.m. RHP Max Scherzer RHP Trevor Bauer FSD/97.1 (15-5, 3.26) (5-7, 3.99) Friday vs. San Francisco 7:08 p.m. RHP Rick Porcello RHP Jake Peavy FSD/1270 & 97.1 (15-9, 3.10) (4-13, 4.15) Saturday vs. San Francisco 1:08 p.m. LHP David Price LHP Madison Bumgarner FOX/97.1 (13-10, 3.25) (16-9, 2.97) Sunday vs.