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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 Detroit Tigers at Los Angeles Dodgers Tuesday, April 8, 2014 Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, CA Game Time - 10:10 p.m. EDT RECENT RESULTS: The Tigers lost 3-1 to Baltimore on Sunday at Comerica Park. Justin TIGERS AT A GLANCE Verlander took the loss, despite turning in his second quality start of the season. Verlander worked eight innings, allowing two runs on five hits and striking out three. Torii Hunter accounted for the Tigers lone run of the game, hitting his third home run of the season. Record: 4-1 / Streak: L1 Victor Martinez had a pair of hits, including a double, in the loss. Game #6 / Road #1 INTERLEAGUE HAPPENINGS: The Tigers open their 20-game Interleague schedule Home: 4-1 / Road: 0-0 tonight against the Dodgers. Detroit was 12-8 in Interleague Play in 2013. Since Today’s Scheduled Starters Interleague Play began in 1997, the Tigers have compiled a 164-139 record. AMONG THE BEST IN INTERLEAGUE PLAY SINCE 2006: The Tigers have compiled a RHP Max Scherzer vs. RHP Dan Haren 93-53 record, a .637 winning percentage, during Interleague Play since the start of the (0-0, 0.00) (1-0, 0.00) 2006 season. The .637 winning percentage during Interleague action is second-best among major league clubs during that stretch. The Boston Red Sox has compiled a 98-51 TV/Radio record, a .658 winning percentage, during Interleague action over that stretch. FSD/950 AM INFREQUENT VISITORS: This week’s series at Los Angeles marks just the fourth time the Tigers have visited Dodger Stadium. Detroit also played at Dodger Stadium in 2005, TIGERS VS. DODGERS 2010 and 2011. The Dodgers have taken two of three games from the Tigers in each of the previous three series at Dodger Stadium. 2014 Record: 0-0 START ME UP: The Tigers starting pitchers have gotten off to a strong start in 2014. 2014 at Home: 0-0 Through the first five games of the season, Tigers starting pitching has combined for a 2014 at Los Angeles: 0-0 1.93 ERA (32.2IP/7ER) with 18 strikeouts. The Tigers have received a quality start in four All-Time Record: 6-9 of the first five games of the season. All-Time at Home: 3-3 VERLANDER NOW FOURTH ON TIGERS ALL-TIME STRIKEOUT LIST: With three All-Time at Comerica Park: 3-3 strikeouts on Sunday vs. Baltimore, Justin Verlander now has 1,676 strikeouts in his All-Time at Los Angeles: 3-6 career, which ranks as the fourth most in franchise history. He trails only Hal Newhouser (1770 strikeouts), Jack Morris (1980 strikeouts) and Mickey Lolich (2679 strikeouts). 2014 Game Log HUNTER HOMERS IN THREE STRAIGHT GAMES: Torii Hunter has hit a home run in Date Site Result Winner/Loser/Save each of his last three games. He extended his streak to three on Sunday when he hit a 4/8 LAD fourth inning solo home run off of Baltimore’s Chris Tillman. Hunter has hit a home run in 4/9 LAD three consecutive games for the fourth time in his career and the first time since he homered in three straight games on May 17-19, 2010. Hunter’s hit a home run in a 7/8 DET career-high four straight games August 23-26, 2006. 7/9 DET HOME RUNS IN FIRST FIVE GAMES: The Tigers have hit at least one home run in each of the first five games of the season. It is the fifth time in franchise history the Tigers have STREAKS hit a home run in the first five games to begin the season and the first time since 2009, when the Tigers also hit a home run in the first five games of the season. Last five games: 4-1 Last 10 games: 4-1 THE READ ON THE ROSTER: Notes about Detroit’s 25-man, season-opening roster: - The roster consists of 12 pitchers (Alburquerque, Chamberlain, Coke, Krol, Nathan, Last 15 games: 4-1 Porcello, Putkonen, Reed, Sanchez, Scherzer, Smyly and Verlander), two catchers (Avila Last 20 games: 4-1 and Holaday), five infielders (Cabrera, Castellanos, Gonzalez, Kinsler and Romine), five outfielders (Collins, Davis, Hunter, Jackson and Kelly) and designated hitter/catcher (Martinez). - 6 are on an Opening Day roster for the first time (Castellanos, Collins, Holaday, Krol, Putkonen and Reed), compared to three in 2013. - 8 were not active with the team in 2013 (Chamberlain, Collins, Davis, Gonzalez, Kinsler, Krol, Nathan and Romine). - 9 have less than three years in the major leagues (Alburquerque, Castellanos, Collins, Holaday, Krol, Putkonen, Reed, Romine and Smyly), compared to 6 in 2013. - 13 have five-or-more years in the majors (Cabrera, Chamberlain, Coke, Davis, Gonzalez, Hunter, Kinsler, Martinez, Nathan, Porcello, Sanchez, Scherzer and Verlander), compared to 12 in 2013. - 5 have less than a full season in the majors (Castellanos, Collins, Holaday, Krol and Reed). - 9 have been selected all-stars (Avila, Cabrera, Gonzalez, Hunter, Kinsler, Martinez, Nathan, Scherzer, Verlander). 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. - According to Stats, LLC, became the first manager since Clint Hurdle of Colorado and Jerry Royster of Milwaukee in 2002 to begin his career with four straight wins. - Becomes just the 10th manager in Tigers history to have also played at the major league level for Detroit, joining Alan Trammell, Dick Tracewski, Bob Swift, Billy Hitchcock, Mickey Cochrane, George Moriarty, Ty Cobb, Hughie Jennings and Bobby Lowe. -Served as Special Assistant, Baseball Operations for the San Diego Padres for the past three seasons (2011-2013). - Managed Team Israel in the 2013 World Baseball Classic. - Spent 18 seasons as a catcher at the major league level with the Padres (1993-96), 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. - 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 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, 15-day DL on March 29). TIGERS UPCOMING GAME DETAILS TIGERS OPPONENTS DATE OPPONENT GAME TIME PROBABLE PITCHER PROBABLE PITCHER TV/RADIO Wednesday at Los Angeles Dodgers 10:10 p.m. RHP Anibal Sanchez TBA FSD/97.1 FM (0-0, 4.50) 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: 2-1 Scoring five-or-more runs: 2-0 Lead after 6th/7th/8th inning: 3-0/3-0/3-0 vs. AL Central: 2-0 Scoring four-or-less runs: 2-1 Trail after 6th/7th/8th inning: 1-0/0-0/0-1 vs. AL West: 0-0 Extra-innings: 1-0 Tied after 6th/7th/8th inning: 0-1/1-1/1-0 vs. NL: 0-0 One-run games: 3-0 Tigers out hit opponent: 3-0 Tigers score first: 2-1 Tigers get quality start: 3-1 Opponent out hits Tigers: 0-1 Opponents score first: 2-0 Tigers starter works 6+ innings: 3-1 Tigers and opponent have equal hits: 1-0 © Detroit Tigers, 2014 ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... World Series Champions w 1935 w 1945 w 1968 w 1984 April 8, 2014 TONIGHT’S TIGERS STARTER - MAX SCHERZER ‘14 Season (Detroit): 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 1 G, 1 GS, 0 CG, 0 SHO, 0 SV, 8.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 SO. ‘14 Spring (Detroit): 4-2, 3.71 ERA, 6 G, 6 GS, 0 CG, 0 SHO, 0 SV, 26.2 IP, 20 H, 12 R, 11 ER, 3 BB, 30 SO. ‘13 Season (Detroit): 21-3, 2.90 ERA, 32 G, 32 GS, 0 CG, 0 SHO, 0 SV, 214.1 IP, 152 H, 73 R, 69 ER, 56 BB, 240 SO. TAKING IT TO THE MAX: In his fifth season with the 2014 GAME-BY-GAME RUNDOWN Tigers, Scherzer will make his second start of the sea- SEASON (DETROIT) son tonight against the Dodgers. DATE OPP. RESULT S/R DEC. ERA IP H R ER BB SO PC 4/2 KC W, 2-1 (10) S ND 0.00 8.0 4 0 0 1 7 110 STRONG START: Scherzer started his 2014 season in TOTALS (1-0 record) 1 start 0-0, 0.00 8.0 4 0 0 1 7 110 impressive fashion, working eight shutout innings, striking out seven and allowing four hits on Wednesday SPRING (DETROIT) vs. Kansas City. The outing marked the fifth time in his DATE OPP. RESULT S/R DEC. ERA IP H R ER BB SO PC 2/28 NYY L, 7-4 S L 4.50 2.0 1 1 1 0 2 -- career he has gone 8.0-or-more innings, while striking 3/5 @HOU W, 3-0 S W 1.80 3.0 1 0 0 0 3 -- out seven-or-more and not allowing a run.