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 (8-6) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (8-8) Thursday, April 20, 2017 • Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FL • 1:10 p.m. ET LHP Daniel Norris (1-0, 2.19) vs. RHP Erasmo Ramirez (1-0, 3.72) Game #15 • Road #8 • TV: FOX Sports Detroit • Radio: 97.1 The Ticket YESTERDAY’S ACTION : Detroit lost a heartbreaker READ ON THE ROSTER : Notes about Detroit’s current TIGERS AT A GLANCE to Tampa Bay, 8-7, at Tropicana Field. Starter Jordan 25-man roster: Overall ................................................................. 8-6 Zimmermann threw 6.0 innings, allowing fi ve earned - The roster consists of 12 pitchers (Ma• hew Boyd, Current Streak .....................................................L2 Michael Fulmer, Shane Greene, Daniel Norris, Francisco At Comerica Park ...............................................5-2 runs on 10 hits with one walk and four strikeouts. Trailing 5-1 in the top of the 5th inning, the Tigers Rodrguez, Kyle Ryan, Anibal Sanchez, Warwick Saupold, On the Road.......................................................3-4 Jus• n Verlander, Alex Wilson, Jus• n Wilson, Jordan Day games .........................................................7-4 mounted a furious rally. They plated three runs in Zimmermann), two catchers (Alex Avila, James McCann), Night games .......................................................1-2 the 5th on an RBI double by Miguel Cabrera and a six infi elders (Miguel Cabrera, Nicholas Castellanos, José vs. AL East ..........................................................3-3 two-run single by Victor Mar nez, then three more Iglesias, Ian Kinsler, Dixon Machado, Andrew Romine), vs. AL Central .....................................................5-3 runs in the 6th on a bases-clearing triple by Nicholas vs. AL West ........................................................0-0 four ou ielders (Tyler Collins, JaCoby Jones, Mikie Castellanos to take a 7-5 lead. A er cu ng the lead Mahtook, Jus• n Upton) and one designated hi er (Victor vs. NL .................................................................0-0 to one in the 7th, the Rays loaded the bases with Tigers score fi rst ................................................4-4 Mar nez). Opponents score fi rst ........................................4-2 nobody out in the bo om of the 9th inning. Closer - 6 were on an Opening Day roster at the major Scoring fi ve-or-more runs ..................................4-4 Francisco Rodríguez struck out Steven Souza Jr., then league level for the fi rst me (Boyd, Fulmer, Jones, Scoring four-or-less runs ....................................4-2 induced what appeared to be a game-ending double Machado, Mahtook, A. Wilson), compared to three Extra innings ......................................................0-0 play. However, shortstop Jose Iglesias tripped over in 2016. One-run games ..................................................4-1 the second base bag and his throw to fi rst was errant, - 11 have less than three years in the major leagues Two-run games ..................................................1-1 allowing the winning runs to score. (Boyd, Collins, Fulmer, Greene, Jones, Machado, Tigers get quality start .......................................8-2 Mahtook, McCann, Norris, Ryan, Saupold), compared Tigers starter works 6+ innings ..........................8-3 ELIAS SAYS: Before the Rays defeated the Tigers on to seven in 2016. Lead a• er 6th/7th/8th inning ..............7-2/7-2/8-1 - 9 have fi ve-or-more years in the majors (Avila, Trail a• er 6th/7th/8th inning ...............0-4/0-4/0-5 Wednesday, they had not won any of their previous 102 games in which they trailed in the ninth inning or Cabrera, Kinsler, V. Mar nez, Rodrguez, Sanchez, Tied a• er 6th/7th/8th inning ...............1-0/1-0/0-0 Upton, Verlander, Zimmermann ) Tigers out hit opponent .....................................3-1 later. The last instance was a 4–3 win over Toronto on - 5 have less than a full year in the majors (Boyd, Opponent out hits Tigers ...................................5-5 the penul mate day of the 2015 season. It was the Fulmer, Jones, Machado, Saupold) Tigers and opponent have equal hits ................0-0 second-longest stretch in the major leagues behind - 9 have been selected All-Stars (Avila, Cabrera, Iglesias, Tigers hit home run ...........................................8-5 Minnesota’s ac ve 128-game streak. Tigers do not hit a home run .............................0-1 Kinsler, V. Mar nez, Rodríguez, Upton, Verlander, Come-from-behind wins .......................................5 Zimmermann). MORE ABOUT LAST NIGHT: The Tigers suff ered their TIGERS VS. RAYS fi rst walk-off defeat of the season (last: 9/17/16 at NOTES ON THE SKIPPER : Brad Ausmus is in his fourth CLE, José Ramírez single), and their fi rst loss on a season at the helm for the Tigers a• er being named 2017 Record: 0-2 walk-off error since Aug 1, 2010 at BOS (bunt single, 2017 at Home: 0-0 the 37th manager in Tigers history on November 3, Robbie Weinhardt throwing error). It was the Rays 2017 at Tampa Bay: 0-2 2013. All-Time Record: 72-66 second walk-off win this season (other: 4/8 vs TOR, - Enters today’s game with a 258-240 (.518) record All-Time at Home: 36-31 11th-inning bases-loaded walk) and their ninth win in as the Tigers manager. All-Time at Comerica Park: 33-26 franchise history on a walk-off error (last: 8/24/16 vs - Led the Tigers to a 90-72 record and a postseason All-Time at Tampa Bay: 36-35 BOS, 11th inning, fi elding error by Heath Hembree) berth in his fi rst year as manager in 2014, joining 2016 Game Log Hughie Jennings (1907), Mickey Cochrane (1934) and Date Site Result Winner/Loser/Save SWEEP IT UNDER THE RUG: The Tigers need a win Jim Leyland (2006) in accomplishing the feat. 4/18 TB L, 5-1 Andriese/Fulmer today to avoid being swept for the fi rst me since - Became the 14th manager in Tigers history to have 4/19 TB L, 8-7 Prui /Rodríguez Aug 15-17, 2016 vs. KC (0-3). Their last sweep on the 4/20 TB also played at the major league level for Detroit, 6/15 DET road occurred from August 8-10, 2016 at SEA (0-3). joining Alan Trammell, Dick Tracewski, Billy Mar n, 6/16 DET Detroit has not been swept by Tampa Bay since July Bob Swi , Billy Hitchcock, Fred Hutchinson, Mickey 6/17 DET 26-29, 2010, in a 4-game series at Tropicana Field. Cochrane, Del Baker, Bucky Harris, George Moriarty, 6/18 DET Ty Cobb, Hughie Jennings and Bobby Lowe. STREAKS MESSED AROUND AND GOT A TRIPLE DOUBLE: - Managed Team Israel in the 2013 World Baseball Tigers third baseman Nicholas Castellanos picked up Classic. Last fi ve games: 2-3 the fi rst mul -triple game of his career last night. He Last 10 games: 5-5 - Spent 18 seasons as a catcher at the major league is the fi rst Tigers player to hit two triples in a game level with the Padres (1993-96), Tigers (1996, 1999- Last 15 games: 8-6 since Aus• n Jackson on August 5, 2012 vs. CLE and Last 20 games: n/a 2000), Astros (1997-98, 2001-07) and Dodgers (2009- the fi rst on the road since Cur s Granderson on 10)...made eight postseason appearances as a player, August 18, 2008 at TEX. Since Baseball Reference data including two trips to the Na• onal League is available (1913), it marks the seventh me a Tigers Championship Series and one to the World Series. third baseman had mul ple triples in a game, and the - Ranks third all- me among catchers with 12,839 fi rst me since Travis Fryman did it on July 26, 1994 putouts, while he is 10th with 15,840.2 innings vs. SEA (2). played and 1,766 games started. HE’S GOING STREAKING!: A er not recording an RBI in any of his fi rst eight games this season, fi rst baseman THE DISTRICT DETROIT Miguel Cabrera now has at least one RBI in each of his The District Detroit is one of the largest sports and last six games. It is the longest streak by a Tiger since entertainment developments in the country. Located in the heart of Detroit, this 50-block, mixed-use James McCann also had a six-gamer last season (7/25- development led by the Ilitch organiza• on unites six 8/2/16). The last me Cabrera posted a longer RBI world-class theaters, fi ve neighborhoods and three streak was August 6-12, 2013 (7 G). professional sports venues in one vibrant, walkable des• na• on for people who want to live, work and ON THIS DATE IN TIGERS HISTORY: 1912 - The Tigers play in an exci ng urban environment. Home to the played their fi rst game at Navin Field in Detroit, later Detroit Tigers, Detroit Red Wings, Detroit Pistons known as Tiger Stadium, defea• ng Cleveland, 6-5. and Detroit Lions - The District Detroit represents The ballpark at the corner of Trumbull and Michigan, the greatest density which served as the club’s home for the next 87 of professional sports years, replaced Benne• Park, which was located on teams in one downtown the same site since 1896. core in the country. For more informa• on, TIGERS ON THE DL: OF J.D. Mar nez (right midfoot visit districtdetroit.com/ sprain, 10-day DL on March 31 (retro to 3/30). fanguide. UPCOMING GAME DETAILS DATE OPPONENT GAME TIME TIGERS OPPONENT TV/RADIO PROBABLE PITCHER PROBABLE PITCHER Friday, 4/21 @Minnesota 8:10 p.m. ET RHP Jus• n Verlander (1-1, 5.71) LHP Hector San• ago (1-1, 1.47) FSD/97.1 Saturday, 4/22 @Minnesota 2:10 p.m.