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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 Chicago White Sox Wednesday, June 11, 2014 U.S. Cellular Field, Chicago, IL Game Time - 8:10 p.m. EDT RECENT RESULTS: The Tigers-White Sox game on Tuesday night at U.S. Cellular Field TIGERS AT A GLANCE was postponed due to rain. A makeup date and time will be announced at a later date. The rainout marked the Tigers fourth postponement of the season. The Tigers and White Record: 33-27 / Streak: L2 Sox continue their series tonight. Following the series vs. Chicago, the Tigers return home for a seven-game homestand, which begins Friday with a three-game series vs. Minnesota Game #61 / Road #30 and continues on Monday with a four-game series vs. Kansas City. Home: 16-15 / Road: 17-12 THREE TIGERS GAMES TO BE TELEVISED BY ESPN NETWORKS: Three upcoming Tigers games have been selected for ESPN national telecasts. The Tigers-Rangers game on Tonight’s Scheduled Starters Wednesday, June 25 at Texas will now be televised by ESPN2 as well as FOX Sports Detroit. First pitch remains at 8:05 p.m. The Tigers-Rays game on Friday, July 4 will be RHP Justin Verlander vs. LHP John Danks aired by ESPN2 as well as FOX Sports Detroit. First pitch remains at 7:08 p.m. The Tigers- (6-5, 4.19) (4-5, 4.32) Rays game on Sunday, July 6 will be televised on ESPN as part of the network’s Sunday Night Baseball package. First pitch for the game is now scheduled for 8:07 p.m. TV/Radio CABRERA MOVING UP THE MLB, TIGERS ALL-TIME HOMERS LIST: With his home FSD/1270 AM & 97.1 FM run on Tuesday night, Miguel Cabrera now has 377 career home runs, tying him with Norm Cash and Jeff Kent for 69th in MLB history. Cabrera is one homer away from tying Matt TIGERS VS. WHITE SOX Williams for 68th in major league history with 378 homers. Cabrera’s home run was also his 239th in a Tigers uniform, tying him with Rudy York for seventh in franchise history. 2014 Record: 4-3 Cabrera is five homers away from tying Lou Whitaker for sixth in Tigers history with 244 2014 at Home: 2-2 home runs. 2014 at Chicago: 2-1 IMPRESSIVE START FOR SUAREZ: Eugenio Suarez continued the impressive start to his big league career on Tuesday, going 1x4 with a home run. Through his first four major All-Time Record: 1050-1017-15 league games, Suarez has a .364 (4x11) batting average with three runs scored, two All-Time at Home: 555-475-5 home runs and four RBI. He joins Robert Fick as the only Tigers rookies to hit a home run All-Time at Comerica Park: 64-66 in two of their first four major league games. All-Time at Chicago: 495-542-10 MARTINEZ ON THE MARK VS. CHICAGO: Victor Martinez enters tonight’s game hitting .328 (181x552) with 32 doubles, 23 home runs and 94 RBI in 152 career games against the White Sox. Martinez has done some of his best work against the White Sox at U.S. 2014 Game Log Cellular Field. In 79 games at the venue, he has a .350 (103x294) batting average with 15 Date Site Result Winner/Loser/Save doubles, 16 home runs and 56 RBI. He ranks second among active players in the American 4/21 DET L, 3-1 Danks/Sanchez/Lindstrom League with 181 hits, while he is third with 94 RBI and fifth with a .328 batting average 4/22 DET W, 8-6 Verlander/Leesman/Chamberlain during his career against the White Sox. Martinez has at least one base hit in 16 of his last 17 games vs. Chicago. 4/23 DET L, 6-4 Rienzo/Reed/Lindstrom JACKSON, KINSLER ON TARGET VS. DANKS: Austin Jackson and Ian Kinsler have each 4/24 DET W, 7-4 Scherzer/Quintana/Nathan posted impressive numbers in their career against tonight’s White Sox starter, John Danks. 4/29 CWS W, 4-3 Chamberlain/Belisario/Nathan Jackson is hitting .385 (15x39) with two doubles, three home runs and six RBI in his 4/30 CWS W, 5-1 Scherzer/Noesi career vs. Danks, while Kinsler is batting .382 (13x34) with three doubles, four home runs 6/9 CWS L, 6-5 Noesi/Porcello/Belisario and five RBI against Danks. Among active players with at least 20 plate appearances, Jackson’s batting average is the third highest vs. Danks, while Kinsler’s batting average is 6/10 CWS PPD., rain the fourth highest. 6/11 CWS TIGERS AT THE TOP IN HITTING: The Tigers currently lead the American League with a 6/12 CWS .271 team batting average. Individually, Victor Martinez ranks third in the AL with a .332 7/29 DET (75x226) batting average, while Miguel Cabrera ranks fourth with a .329 (76x231) batting 7/30 DET average. REPLAY RUNDOWN: The Tigers have been involved in 38 instant replay challenges so far 7/31 DET this season. Detroit has challenged 17 plays with nine plays being overturned, five plays 8/29 CWS confirmed and three plays standing as called. Opponents have made 18 challenges with 12 8/30 CWS plays being overturned, two plays confirmed and four plays standing. The umpires have 8/31 CWS initiated three reviews with two plays being confirmed and one play overturned. 9/22 DET RYAN NAMED EASTERN LEAGUE PITCHER OF THE WEEK: Kyle Ryan, a starting pitcher for the Double A Erie SeaWolves, was named the Eastern League Pitcher of the 9/23 DET Week. Ryan threw a complete game shutout in his only start of the week, scattering six 9/24 DET hits and striking out two. CHAD GREEN ADDED TO MIDWEST LEAGUE ALL-STAR TEAM: Chad Green, a STREAKS righthanded pitcher for the Single A West Michigan Whitecaps, has been added to the Last five games: 2-3 Eastern Division roster for the Midwest League All-Star Game. Green has started 12 games Last 10 games: 3-7 this season and has a 1-2 record with a 3.17 ERA (71.0IP/25ER) and 64 strikeouts. Last 15 games: 5-10 AUSTIN GREEN SELECTED FOR FSL HOME RUN DERBY: Austin Green, a catcher for Last 20 games: 6-14 the Single A Lakeland Flying Tigers, has been selected to participate in the Florida State League Home Run Derby prior to the 53rd Annual FSL All-Star Game on June 14. Green is hitting .232 (43x185) with six doubles, one triple, three home runs and 13 RBI. THIS DATE IN TIGERS HISTORY NOTES ON THE SKIPPER: Brad Ausmus is in his first season at the helm for the Tigers after being named the 37th manager in Tigers history on November 3, 2013. 1961 - Norm Cash becomes the first Detroit - According to Stats, LLC, became the first manager since Clint Hurdle of Colorado and player to hit a fair ball over the right field roof Jerry Royster of Milwaukee in 2002 to begin his career with four straight wins. of the Tiger Stadium. - Becomes just the 14th manager in Tigers history to have also played at the major league level for Detroit, joining Alan Trammell, Dick Tracewski, Billy Martin, Bob Swift, Billy 1994 - The Tigers defeat California 11-5 as Hitchcock, Fred Hutchinson, Mickey Cochrane, Del Baker, Bucky Harris, George Moriarty, Ty Kirk Gibson hits a pair of home runs and drives Cobb, Hughie Jennings and Bobby Lowe. - Spent 18 seasons as a catcher at the major league level with the Padres (1993-96), in seven runs. Tigers (1996, 1999-2000), Astros (1997-1998, 2001-07) and Dodgers (2009-10)...made eight postseason appearances as a player, including two trips to the American League Championship Series and one to the World Series. INJURY UPDATE: RHP Joel Hanrahan (right elbow surgery, 15-day DL on May 2), RHP Luke Putkonen (right elbow inflammation, 15-day DL on April 19), RHP Bruce Rondon (right elbow surgery/UCL reconstruction, 60-day DL on March 29), 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 Thursday at Chicago 8:10 p.m. RHP Max Scherzer LHP Chris Sale FSD/1270 & 97.1 (7-2, 3.38) (5-0, 2.06) Friday Minnesota 7:08 p.m. LHP Drew Smyly RHP Kyle Gibson FSD/1270 & 97.1 (3-4, 3.81) (5-5, 3.91) Saturday Minnesota 4:08 p.m. RHP Anibal Sanchez RHP Samuel Deduno FS1/1270 & 97.1 (2-2, 2.24) (2-4, 4.45) Sunday Minnesota 1:08 p.m. RHP Rick Porcello RHP Ricky Nolasco FSD/1270 & 97.1 (8-4, 4.04) (4-5, 5.70) All times Eastern. Radio coverage on AM 1270 and 97.1 FM The Ticket, unless otherwise noted. Local TV coverage provided by FOX Sports Detroit (FSD) and FOX Sports Detroit Plus (FSD PLUS). TIGERS AT A GLANCE IN 2014 vs. AL East: 10-5 Scoring five-or-more runs: 24-3 Lead after 6th/7th/8th inning: 28-4/29-3/30-3 vs. AL Central: 12-10 Scoring four-or-less runs: 9-24 Trail after 6th/7th/8th inning: 3-17/1-21/1-23 vs.