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 Kansas City Royals Thursday, April 30, 2015 Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, MO Game Time - 8:10 p.m. EDT RECENT RESULTS: The Tigers claimed the rubber game of their three-game series vs. the TIGERS AT A GLANCE Twins with a 10-7 win on Wednesday afternoon at Target Field. Six different Tigers had multiple hits in the win, led by Andrew Romine, who finished 4x4 with a RBI. Miguel Record: 15-7 / Streak: W1 Cabrera blasted a pair of home runs and was 3x5 with four RBI, while James McCann hit an Game #23 / Road #10 inside the park home run and finished the victory with three hits and three RBI. Tom Home: 8-5 / Road: 7-2 Gorzelanny picked up the win in relief, throwing 1.1 shutout innings. Joakim Soria worked a scoreless ninth to notch his ninth save of the season. The Tigers continue their 10-game Tonight’s Scheduled Starters road trip tonight as they open a four-game series vs. the Royals. Following this weekend’s RHP Alfredo Simon vs. LHP Danny Duffy series, the road trip concludes with three games at Chicago White Sox. (4-0, 1.65) (1-0, 4.15) MULTI-HOMER MIGGY: Miguel Cabrera hit a pair of home runs in yesterday’s win at Minnesota. The two homers marked Cabrera’s second multi-homer game of the season, TV/Radio the 32nd of his career and his 23rd as a member of the Tigers. Cabrera’s 23 multi-homer FSD/MLBN/AM 1270 & 97.1 FM games are tied with Al Kaline for the fifth most in franchise history. With his two home runs on Sunday, Cabrera now has 395 homers in his career, which ranks 57th in MLB TIGERS VS. ROYALS history. He’s one home run away from tying Joe Carter for 56th. Cabrera also has 257 home runs as a member of the Tigers, which is the fifth-highest total in franchise history 2015 Record: 0-0 and is five homers away from tying Willie Horton for fourth place in club history. 2015 at Home: 0-0 MCCANN’S FIRST BIG LEAGUE HOME RUN STAYS IN THE PARK: James McCann’s 2015 at Kansas City: 0-0 first major league home run came in unusual fashion as he hit an inside the park home All-Time Record: 315-311 run. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, McCann became the first player to have his first All-Time at Home: 166-149 career home run be an inside the parker since Nori Aoki with Milwaukee on April 20, 2012. All-Time at Comerica Park: 74-62 The last Tigers player to hit an inside the park home run for his first major league home All-Time at Kansas City: 149-162 run was pitcher Frank Lary on April 17, 1956. Additionally, according to Elias, McCann became just the third catcher in the last 36 years whose first career home run was an 2015 Game Log inside the parker, joining Minnesota’s Chad Moeller (July 29, 2000) and Pittsburgh’s Angel Date Site Result Winner/Loser/Save Encarnacion (August 19, 1995). 4/30 KC SORIA ESTABLISHES TIGERS APRIL SAVES RECORD: Joakim Soria recorded his ninth 5/1 KC save of the season yesterday vs. Minnesota, throwing a scoreless ninth inning. The nine 5/2 KC saves in April are the most in the first month of the season in Tigers history, besting the previous record of eight shared by Todd Jones in 2007 and Mike Henneman in 1988. Soria 5/3 KC leads the majors with 12 games finished, while he is tied for the major league lead with 5/8 DET nine saves. 5/9 DET TIGERS TIDBITS: Andrew Romine finished yesterday’s game going 4x4. It marked the 5/10 DET first four-hit game of his major league career ... Ian Kinsler had two hits in yesterday’s 8/4 DET win to record his 10th multi-hit game of the season. Kinsler’s 10 multi-hit games ranks 8/5 DET tied for second in the American League. 8/6 DET TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE: The Tigers turned three double plays in yesterday’s game 8/10 KC and have now recorded 23 double plays on the season. Detroit’s 23 twin killings are tied 8/11 KC with the Yankees for the second most in the American League. 8/12 KC ON THE ROAD: The Tigers are 2-1 on their current 10-game road trip. Detroit has posted 9/1 KC a 7-2 road record so far this season. The Tigers’ .778 road winning percentage ranks 9/2 KC second in the American League, while their seven road victories ranks tied for second. 9/3 KC CENTRAL FOCUS: The Tigers have compiled a 4-2 record during their current 19-game 9/18 DET stretch against teams from the American League Central Division. Detroit is 12-3 this 9/19 DET season against AL Central opponents, going 2-1 vs. Chicago, 5-1 vs. Cleveland and 5-1 vs. 9/20 DET Minnesota. REPLAY RUNDOWN: The Tigers have been involved in eight instant replay challenges so STREAKS far this season. Detroit has challenged three plays with two calls being overturned and one play standing as called. Opponents have made four challenges with three plays Last five games: 4-1 standing as called and one call being overturned. There has been one crew chief initiated Last 10 games: 5-5 review with that play being overturned. Last 15 games: 9-6 NOTES ON THE SKIPPER: Brad Ausmus is in his second season at the helm for the Last 20 games: 13-7 Tigers after being named the 37th manager in Tigers history on November 3, 2013. -Led the Tigers to a 90-72 record and a postseason berth in his first year as manager, MLB ALL-TIME HOME RUNS LIST joining Hughie Jennings (1907), Mickey Cochrane (1934) and Jim Leyland (2006) in accomplishing the feat. Rank HR Player Years -Became the 14th manager in Tigers history to have also played at the major league level 52. 399 Andres Galarraga 1985-2004 for Detroit, joining Alan Trammell, Dick Tracewski, Billy Martin, Bob Swift, Billy Hitchcock, 399 Al Kaline 1953-74 Fred Hutchinson, Mickey Cochrane, Del Baker, Bucky Harris, George Moriarty, Ty Cobb, 54. 398 Dale Murphy 1976-93 Hughie Jennings and Bobby Lowe. 55. 397 Adrian Beltre 1998-2015 -Managed Team Israel in the 2013 World Baseball Classic. 56. 396 Joe Carter 1983-98 -Spent 18 seasons as a catcher at the major league level with the Padres (1993-96), 57. 395 Miguel Cabrera 2003-15 Tigers (1996, 1999-2000), Astros (1997-98, 2001-07) and Dodgers (2009-10) ... made eight postseason appearances as a player, including two trips to the National Laegue Championship Series and one to the World Series. -Ranks second all-time among catchers with 12,839 putouts, while he is ninth with 1,766 games started and 15,082.2 innings played. INJURY UPDATE: RHP Joe Nathan (right elbow flexor strain, 15-day DL on April 7); RHP Bruce Rondon (bicipital tendinitis, 15-day DL on April 1); RHP Justin Verlander (right triceps strain, 15-day DL on March 29). TIGERS UPCOMING GAME DETAILS TIGERS OPPONENTS DATE OPPONENT GAME TIME PROBABLE PITCHER PROBABLE PITCHER TV/RADIO Friday at Kansas City 8:10 p.m. LHP Kyle Lobstein TBA FSD/1270 & 97.1 (2-1, 3.50) Saturday at Kansas City 7:10 p.m. LHP David Price RHP Edinson Volquez FSD/1270 & 97.1 (2-1, 3.48) (2-2, 1.91) Sunday at Kansas City 2:10 p.m. RHP Anibal Sanchez LHP Jason Vargas FSD/MLBN/1270 & 97.1 (1-3, 5.46) (2-1, 5.95) 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 2015 vs. AL East: 1-3 Scoring five-or-more runs: 9-0 Lead after 6th/7th/8th inning: 10-1/13-0/13-0 vs. AL Central: 12-3 Scoring four-or-less runs: 6-7 Trail after 6th/7th/8th inning: 2-5/0-6/0-7 vs. AL West: 0-0 Extra-innings: 0-0 Tied after 6th/7th/8th inning: 3-1/2-1/2-0 vs. NL: 2-1 One-run games: 4-3 Tigers out hit opponent: 13-1 Tigers score first: 13-3 Tigers get quality start: 11-3 Opponent out hits Tigers: 0-5 Opponents score first: 2-4 Tigers starter works 6+ innings: 11-4 Tigers and opponent have equal hits: 2-1 © Detroit Tigers, 2015 ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... World Series Champions w 1935 w 1945 w 1968 w 1984 April 30, 2015 TONIGHT’S TIGERS STARTER - ALFREDO SIMON ‘15 Season (Detroit): 4-0, 1.65 ERA, 4 G, 4 GS, 0 CG, 0 SHO, 0 SV, 27.1 IP, 22 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 4 BB, 15 SO. ‘15 Spring (Detroit): 2-2, 4.55 ERA, 7 G, 7 GS, 0 CG, 0 SHO, 0 SV, 27.2 IP, 25 H, 14 R, 14 ER, 8 BB, 15 SO. ‘14 Season (Cincinnati): 15-10, 3.44 ERA, 32 G, 32 GS, 0 CG, 0 SHO, 0 SV, 196.1 IP, 181 H, 80 R, 75 ER, 56 BB, 127 SO.