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 (9-14-4) at Philadelphia Phillies (10-15-1) Thursday, March 22, 2018 • Spectrum Field, Clearwater, FL • 1:05 p.m. ET LHP MaƩ hew Boyd (3-0, 4.50) vs. RHP Jake Arrieta (No Record) TV: MLB.TV • Radio: None RECENT RESULTS: The Tigers dropped a 3-2 decision to the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday night at Champion NUMERICAL ROSTER Stadium in Kissimmee. Mikie Mahtook belted a solo home run, his fi rst of the spring, while Niko Goodrum, 1 José Iglesias INF Leonys Mar n, Victor Reyes and Ronny Rodriguez each went 1x3 in the loss. Francisco Liriano started for 8 Mikie Mahtook OF Detroit, allowing two runs on four hits with fi ve walks and four strikeouts in 5.0 innings. Chad Bell and Drew 9 Nicholas Castellanos OF VerHagen each pitched a scoreless inning in relief with one strikeout. Warwick Saupold took the loss a er 12 Leonys Mar n OF giving up one run on one hit with one walk and one strikeout in 1.0 inning. The Tigers remain on the road 14 Alexi Amarista INF today as they travel to Clearwater to face the Philadelphia Phillies. 21 JaCoby Jones OF 22 Victor Reyes OF 24 Miguel Cabrera INF ROSTER MOVES: Prior to today's game, the Tigers announced the following roster moves: 27 Jordan Zimmermann RHP - Op oned LHP's Chad Bell and Blaine Hardy to Triple A Toledo 30 Alex Wilson RHP - Reassigned C's Derek Norris and Jarrod Saltalamacchia, INF's Pete Kozma and Ronny Rodriguez and OF's Jim 32 Michael Fulmer RHP Adduci and Chad Huff man to Minor League camp 34 James McCann C - The Tigers have 28 players remaining in Major League camp 38 Francisco Liriano LHP 41 Victor Mar nez DH TIGERS TIDBITS: The Tigers rank ed for third in the Grapefruit League with 31 home runs...Detroit's pitching 44 Daniel Norris LHP staff ranks third in the Grapefruit League with 246 strikeouts...Nicholas Castellanos ranks ed for second in 45 Buck Farmer RHP the Grapefruit League with fi ve home runs, while he is ed for fi h with 13 RBI...Dixon Machado has hit 46 Jeimer Candelario INF safely in 11 of his last 14 games and is ba ng .400 (14x35) with eight runs scored, two doubles, one home 48 Ma hew Boyd LHP run and three RBI during the stretch. 49 Dixon Machado INF 50 Mike Fiers RHP THIRTEEN MINOR LEAGUERS JOIN TIGERS FOR TODAY’S GAME: Righthanded pitchers Victor Alcántara 51 Johnny Barbato RHP (#58), Adam Ravenelle (#99) and Jeff Thompson (#85), le handed pitcher Caleb Thielbar (#98), catchers 53 Warwick Saupold RHP Aus n Athmann (#89) and Brady Policelli (#94), infi elders Jose King (#90), Cole Peterson (#93) and Isaac 54 Drew VerHagen RHP Paredes (#88) and ou ielders Derek Hill (#96), Jake Robson (#92), Dylan Rosa (#87) and Chris n Stewart 55 John Hicks C (#95) will join the Tigers for today's game. 61 Shane Greene RHP 68 Daniel Stumpf LHP 2018 TIGERS TICKETS: Fans looking to secure ckets to the best games this upcoming season can do so now 76 Niko Goodrum INF by purchasing customizable cket packages, including the six and 20-game fl ex plans. 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TODAY’S TIGERS PITCHERS #48 LHP MaƩ hew Boyd – (3-0, 4.50) 2018 Spring: Boyd will make his sixth start of Spring Training today at Philadelphia…Picked up his third win of the spring on Saturday vs. New York (AL), allowing three runs, two earned, on fi ve hits with two walks and fi ve strikeouts in 3.0 innings. 2017 Season: Established career highs in games pitched (26), games started (25), innings pitched (135.0) and strikeouts (110), while tying a career high in wins (6)…Recorded his fi rst career complete game shutout on September 17 vs. Chicago (AL), allowing just one hit and striking out fi ve...threw 8.2 no-hit innings and allowed a two-out double to Tim Anderson in the ninth inning, breaking up the no hi er…Named Tigers Pitcher of the Month for September a er compiling a 1-3 record with a 2.95 ERA (36.2IP/12ER), 30 hits allowed, 11 walks and 30 strikeouts...ranked fourth in the AL with 36.2 innings pitched in September, while he was 10th with a .216 (30x139) opponents ba ng average. #30 RHP Alex Wilson – (0-1, 14.09) 2018 Spring: Wilson will make his fi h appearance of Spring Training today at Philadelphia…Tossed 0.2 innings on Sunday at Tampa Bay, allowing four runs, one earned, on six hits with one walk. 2017 Season: Appeared in a career-high 66 games for the Tigers, pos ng a 2-5 record with two saves, a 4.50 ERA (60.0IP/30ER) and 42 strikeouts…Pitched in 14 games during May, pos ng a 1-1 record with one save, a 1.32 ERA (13.2IP/2ER) and seven strikeouts…Did not allow an earned run in 13 consecu ve ou ngs from April 22-May 23. #68 LHP Daniel Stumpf – (0-1, 2.08) 2018 Spring: Stumpf is scheduled to make his 10th appearance of Spring Training today at Philadelphia… Struck out one and allowed one hit in a scoreless two thirds of an inning on Tuesday vs. New York (AL). 2017 Season: Appeared in a career-high 55 games with Detroit, pos ng an 0-1 record with a 3.82 ERA (37.2IP/16ER) and 33 strikeouts...Also pitched in 24 games with Triple A Toledo and went 1-2 with a 3.38 ERA (21.1IP/8ER) and 26 strikeouts...Posted 17 consecu ve scoreless appearances with the Tigers from July 1-August 8, a stretch that spanned 13.1 innings. PHILLIES ALSO SCHEDULED TO PITCH: RHP Hector Neris, RHP Pat Neshek, RHP Zach Efl in, RHP Pedro Beato UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PITCHING MATCHUPS DATE OPPONENT GAME TIME TIGERS PITCHERS OPPONENT PITCHERS Friday at Atlanta 1:05 p.m. LHP Daniel Norris RHP Anibal Sanchez Saturday Philadelphia 1:05 p.m. RHP Jordan Zimmermann TBA March 22, 2018 GAME NOTES 2018 Tigers Spring Training Schedule Date Opponent Result Winner Loser Save A endance February 22 Florida Southern W, 6-1 Comer Langford --- 3,126 February 23 at New York (AL) L, 3-1 Hale Sodders Gallegos 10,129 February 24 Toronto W, 5-4 Zimmermann Rowley Russell 6,922 February 25 Pi sburgh T, 8-8 --- --- --- 4,729 at Toronto W, 6-3 Boyd Sanchez Saupold 3,963 February 26 at Bal more W, 8-6 Barbato Gausman Voelker 5,760 February 27 at Philadelphia W, 11-6 Fiers Eickhoff --- 4,365 February 28 at New York (AL) W, 9-6 Montgomery King Castro 8,727 March 1 Atlanta L, 5-2 Jackson Moreno Morris 4,576 March 2 Miami W, 8-3 Boyd Gallen --- 4,768 March 3 Tampa Bay L, 7-4 De León Soto Gibaut 6,482 March 4 at Washington L, 6-2 Gonzalez Wilson --- 4,481 March 5 at New York (NL) L, 4-2 Harvey Fiers Gagnon 5,603 March 6 New York (AL) L, 7-2 Carroll Montgomery --- 8,468 March 7 Toronto L, 6-5 Case Bell Shafer 6,169 March 8 at Pi sburgh L, 8-3 Rivero Stumpf --- 7,124 March 9 New York (NL) T, 4-4 --- --- --- 7,018 March 10 at Toronto L, 6-3 Garcia Fiers Case 4,620 March 11 Atlanta W, 6-3 Liriano Wisler Jiménez 6,399 March 12 Washington L, 5-4 Grace Reininger Harper 6,254 March 13 at New York (AL) T, 2-2 --- --- --- 9,969 March 15 at Atlanta L, 8-1 Foltynewicz Fiers --- 5,934 March 16 Philadelphia T, 6-6 --- --- --- 6,265 March 17 New York (AL) W, 9-3 Boyd Tanaka --- 10,077 March 18 at Tampa Bay L, 10-5 Archer Lewicki --- 6,912 March 19 Bal more L, 4-2 Tillman Fulmer Yacabonis 6,027 March 20 New York (AL) W, 8-3 Baez Lail --- 7,268 March 21 at Atlanta L, 3-2 Moylan Saupold Vizcaíno 6,233 March 22 at Philadelphia March 23 at Atlanta March 24 Philadelphia March 25 Atlanta March 26 Tampa Bay March 27 at Tampa Bay Record: 9-14-4 Home: 5-6-3 Road: 4-8-1 vs. AL: 6-7-1 vs. NL: 3-7-3 “B” Games: 1-0 2018 SPRING BATTING STATS 2018 SPRING TRAINING TRANSACTIONS DATE TRANSACTION February 23 Signed LHP Francisco Liriano as a free agent; designated LHP Jairo Labourt for assignment March 2 LHP Jairo Labourt claimed off waivers by Cincinna March 3 Reassigned RHP's Victor Alcántara, Alex Faedo and Paul Voelker to Minor League camp March 6 Op oned INF Dawel Lugo to Triple A Toledo March 7 Uncondi onally released LHP Travis Wood March 9 Op oned RHP's Ar e Lewicki and Zac Reininger to Triple A Toledo; op oned RHP's Gerson Moreno and Spencer Turnbull to Double A Erie; op oned LHP Gregory Soto to Single A Lakeland; signed C Jarrod Saltalamacchia as a Minor League free agent March 11 Reassigned INF Dominic Ficociello to Minor League camp March 13 Op oned LHP Ryan Carpenter, C Grayson Greiner and OF Mike Gerber to Triple A Toledo; op oned RHP Sandy Baez and INF Sergio Alcántara to Double A Erie; op oned RHP Eduardo Jimenez to Single A Lakeland; reassigned RHP's Enrique Burgos, Kevin Comer and Mark Montgomery and C's Arvicent Perez and Jake Rogers to Minor League camp March 15 Reassigned INF's Harold Castro, Kody Eaves and Edwin Espinal and OF Jason Krizan to Minor League camp March 16 Reassigned C Brayan Peña to Minor League camp March 22 Op oned LHP's Chad Bell and Blaine Hardy to Triple A Toledo; reassigned C's Derek Norris and Jarrod Saltalamacchia, INF's Pete Kozma and Ronny Rodriguez and OF's Jim Adduci and Chad Huff man to Minor League camp.