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Detroit Tigers (1-2) at (1-0) Thursday, March 3, 2016 • Champion Stadium, Kissimmee, FL • 1:05 p.m. ET LHP (0-0, 0.00) vs. LHP (0-0, 0.00) TV: None • Radio: 1270 AM RECENT RESULTS: The Tigers split a pair of games on Wednesday, defea ng Pi sburgh 10-3 in Bradenton NUMERICAL ROSTER and falling to the 10-9 in Tampa. Against the Pirates, JaCoby Jones and Jarrod 1 Jose Iglesias INF Saltalamacchia each homered and drove in two runs, while Nick Castellanos, Chad Huff man and Jose 3 INF Iglesias each had a and a RBI. started and earned the win a er allowing a on one hit 4 OF with two walks in 2.0 . In Tampa, Bryan Holaday had a pair of hits, including a , while 8 Jus n Upton OF Ian Kinsler and also homered. Joe Man ply suff ered the loss a er giving up two runs, one 9 Nick Castellanos INF earned, on two hits with one in 0.2 innings. 12 Anthony Gose OF 14 Mike Aviles INF TIGERS-BRAVES SERIES: The Tigers and Braves are mee ng for the fi rst me this spring 17 INF today in Kissimmee. Following this a ernoon’s game, the two clubs will meet four more mes during 18 OF Spring Training with games scheduled for March 15 in Lakeland, March 20 in Kissimmee, March 25 in 19 Anibal Sanchez RHP Lakeland and April 2 in Kissimmee. 21 Mark Lowe RHP TIGERS SPRING TRAINING BROADCAST SCHEDULE: The Tigers recently announced their 2016 Spring 24 INF Training broadcast schedule, which features 20 radio broadcasts on WXYT and six television broadcasts on 26 Jeff Ferrell RHP FOX Sports Detroit. The Tigers remaining televised Spring Training games include March 8 against the 27 RHP , March 15 against the Atlanta Braves, March 17 vs. the St. Louis Cardinals, March 18 28 J.D. Mar nez OF against the Cardinals and March 31 vs. the Yankees. 30 RHP 31 Casey McGehee INF THREE MINOR LEAGUERS JOIN TIGERS FOR TODAY’S GAME: Righthanded Johan Belisario (#85), 32 RHP Confesor Lara (#90) and Cory Riordan (#89) will join the Tigers for today’s game. 33 Steven Moya OF 34 James McCann C TIGERS FLEX PLANS ON SALE NOW: Tigers fans can now create their own personalized cket package with 35 Jus n Verlander RHP a Detroit Tigers Flex Plan. With the Fan’s Choice 10-Game Flex Plan, you get to see the games you want to 36 Bobby Parnell RHP see! Select any two games in April (excluding ), May, June and September along with one each 37 RHP in July and August to complete your plan. As a bonus, order this plan and receive a limited edi on Al Kaline 38 Jus n Wilson LHP bobblehead, while supplies last. The Fan’s Choice 10-Game Flex Plan starts as low as $172 per seat. Pepsi 39 C 6-Game Flex Plans are also available and start at just $110 per seat, while 20-Game Flex Plans start at just 40 Montreal Robertson RHP $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. 41 Victor Mar nez DH 43 Bruce Rondon RHP INDIVIDUAL GAME TICKETS ON SALE MARCH 5: Individual game ckets for the 2016 Detroit Tigers season 44 Daniel Norris LHP go on sale Saturday, March 5, beginning at 10 a.m. Fans may purchase game ckets at the Comerica 45 Buck Farmer RHP Park Box Offi ce on Witherell Street, online at gers.com, and by calling 866-66-TIGER (84437). 48 Ma Boyd LHP 49 Dixon Machado INF 50 Bryan Holaday C TODAY’S TIGERS PITCHERS 53 LHP #44 LHP Daniel Norris — (0-0, 0.00) 54 Drew VerHagen RHP 2016 Spring: Norris is making his fi rst start of the spring today at Atlanta. 56 LHP 2015 Season: Began the 2015 season in the organiza on before being acquired by the 57 Francisco Rodriguez RHP Tigers on July 30...made 13 starts between the Tigers and Blue Jays and had a 3-2 record with a 3.75 ERA 58 Jose Valdez RHP (60.0IP/25ER) and 45 ...also made 16 starts with A Buff alo and went 3-10 with a 4.27 ERA 60 Angel Nesbi RHP (90.2IP/43ER) and 78 strikeouts. 61 RHP 62 OF #61 RHP Shane Greene — (0-0, 0.00) 63 Wynton Bernard OF 2016 Spring: Greene is making his fi rst appearance of the spring today at Atlanta. 64 John Mayberry Jr. OF 2015 Season: Made an Opening Day roster for the fi rst me in his career...appeared in 18 games, including 65 LHP 16 starts, with the Tigers and had a 4-8 record with a 6.88 ERA (83.2IP/64ER) and 50 strikeouts...also made 66 Drake Bri on LHP seven starts at Triple A Toledo and posted a 1-1 record with a 3.86 ERA (35.0IP/15ER) and 21 strikeouts. 67 RHP #38 LHP JusƟ n Wilson — (0-0, 0.00) 68 Lendy Cas llo RHP 2016 Spring: Wilson is making his fi rst appearance of the spring today at Atlanta. 70 Miguel Gonzalez C 2015 Season: Established a career high and ranked ed for second in the with 74 71 Aus n Green C appearances as a member of the New York Yankees...allowed just seven of his 44 inherited runners (15.9%) 72 Dominic Ficociello INF to score, which ranked second in the American League and fi h in the majors...re red 54-of-74 (73.0%) 73 Jason Krizan OF fi rst ba ers faced. 74 INF 75 Mike Gerber OF #21 RHP Mark Lowe — (0-0, 0.00) 76 Preston Guilmet RHP 2016 Spring: Lowe is making his fi rst appearance of the spring today at Atlanta. 77 Joe Jimenez RHP 2015 Season: Started the season in the Mariners organiza on before being acquired by the Blue Jays on 79 JaCoby Jones INF July 31...combined to pitch in 57 games and had a 1-3 record with one , a 1.96 ERA (55.0IP/12ER) and 80 Raff y Lopez C 61 strikeouts...ranked seventh among American League relievers in ERA. 81 Kade Scivicque C 82 Kevin Ziomek LHP #68 RHP Lendy CasƟ llo — (0-0, 0.00) 2016 Spring: Cas llo is making his fi rst Grapefruit League appearance of the spring today at Atlanta...struck out one and walked one over 1.1 scoreless innings on Monday vs. Florida Southern. 2015 Season: Spent me in both the Rangers and Texas Blue Jays organiza ons...combined to post a 2-2 record with a 4.78 ERA (49.0IP/26ER) and 39 strikeouts in 27 games between Single A High Desert, Single A Dunedin and A Frisco. #76 RHP Preston Guilmet — (0-0, 0.00) 2016 Spring: Guilmet is making his fi rst Grapefruit League appearance of the spring today at Atlanta... pitched a scoreless with two strikeouts on Monday vs. Florida Southern. 2015 Season: Played in the Toronto Blue Jays, Tampa Bay Rays, and organiza ons...went 2-2 with a 2.15 ERA (50.1IP/12ER) and 46 strikeouts in 39 minor league appearances...also made fi ve ou ngs at the major league level and had a 0-0 record with an 11.05 ERA (7.1IP/9ER) and six strikeouts. BRAVES ALSO SCHEDULED TO PITCH: RHP , RHP Alexi Ogando, RHP Chris Withrow, LHP , LHP Alex Torres, RHP Carlos Torres UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PITCHING MATCHUPS DATE OPPONENT GAME TIME TIGERS PITCHERS OPPONENT PITCHERS Friday vs. New York (AL) 1:05 p.m. RHP Jus n Verlander RHP Bryan Mitchell

Saturday at Washington 1:05 p.m. RHP Jordan Zimmermann TBA March 3, 2016 GAME NOTES 2016 Tigers Spring Training Schedule Date Opponent Result Winner Loser Save 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 March 4 New York (AL) March 5 @Washington March 6 Miami March 7 @New York (NL) March 8 Tampa Bay March 9 Washington March 10 @Philadelphia March 11 @Houston March 12 Pi sburgh March 13 @Pi sburgh March 14 New York (NL) March 15 Atlanta March 16 @Houston March 17 St. Louis March 18 @St. Louis March 19 @Miami March 20 @Atlanta Washington March 21 Philadelphia March 22 Toronto March 24 @Toronto March 25 Atlanta March 26 @Philadelphia March 27 Houston March 28 @New York (AL) March 29 Toronto March 30 @Bal more March 31 New York (AL) April 1 Tampa Bay April 2 @Atlanta

Record: 1-2 Home: 0-1 Road: 1-1 vs. AL: 0-1 vs. NL: 1-1 “B” Games: 1-0 2016 SPRING BATTING LOGS

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