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Detroit Tigers (7-10-3) at (9-10-1) Thursday, March 15, 2018 • Champion Stadium, Kissimmee, FL • 1:05 p.m. ET RHP Mike Fiers (1-2, 8.59) vs. RHP Mike Foltynewicz (1-0, 0.00) TV: None • Radio: None RECENT RESULTS: The Tigers and Yankees played to a 2-2 e on Tuesday a ernoon at George M. Steinbrenner NUMERICAL ROSTER Field in Tampa. JaCoby Jones reached base safely in all four plate appearances, going 3x3 with a run scored 1 José Iglesias INF and a walk. Leonys Mar n hit a solo , while Victor Reyes ed the game in the ninth inning with a 8 Mikie Mahtook OF RBI single. On the mound, Jordan Zimmermann started for Detroit and pitched 5.0 scoreless innings, giving 9 Nicholas Castellanos OF up two hits and striking out four. Daniel Stumpf and each worked a scoreless inning in relief. The 12 Leonys Mar n OF Tigers return to ac on today as they travel to Kissimmee to face the Atlanta Braves. 14 Alexi Amarista INF 19 Jarrod Saltalamacchia C ROSTER MOVES: Prior to today's game, the Tigers have reassigned INF's , Kody Eaves and 21 JaCoby Jones OF Edwin Espinal and OF Jason Krizan to Minor League camp. The Tigers have 37 players remaining in Major 22 Victor Reyes OF League camp. 24 INF 27 Jordan Zimmermann RHP TIGERS TIDBITS: The Tigers rank second in the Grapefruit League with a .268 team ba ng average, while they 28 Brayan Peña C rank fourth with a .337 on-base percentage...Detroit's pitching staff ranks second in the Grapefruit League 30 Alex Wilson RHP with 186 ...JaCoby Jones has hit safely in nine of his last 11 games and is ba ng .500 (12x24) with 32 RHP fi ve runs scored, three doubles, one home run and six RBI during the stretch...Nicholas Castellanos and 33 Derek Norris C Victor Mar nez are ed for the Grapefruit League lead with four home runs. 34 James McCann C 36 Blaine Hardy LHP TIGERS-BRAVES GRAPEFRUIT LEAGUE SERIES: The Tigers and Braves are playing the third game of their 37 Jim Adduci OF Grapefruit League series this a ernoon. The two teams have split their fi rst two mee ngs this spring. 38 Francisco Liriano LHP Following today's game, Detroit and Atlanta will play on March 21 and March 23 in Kissimmee and March 41 Victor Mar nez DH 25 in Lakeland. 44 LHP 45 Buck Farmer RHP SIX MINOR LEAGUERS JOIN TIGERS FOR TODAY’S GAME: Righthanded Victor Alcantara (#58), 46 INF Alfred Gu errez (#96), Zac Houston (#89) and Zac Reininger (#26) and infi elders Daniel Pinero (#85) and A.J. 48 Ma hew Boyd LHP Simcox (#87) will join the Tigers for today's game. 49 Dixon Machado INF 50 Mike Fiers RHP MARCH MADNESS: The 2018 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament begins today and alma maters of Tigers 51 Johnny Barbato RHP players, coaches and staff are well represented in the fi eld. The teams represented include: Arkansas (James 53 Warwick Saupold RHP McCann), Kansas State (David Chadd), Lipscomb (Steve Liddle), TCU (Chad Huff man), Texas (Ron Gardenhire), 54 Drew VerHagen RHP Texas A&M (Alex Wilson) and Virginia (). 55 John Hicks C 61 Shane Greene RHP 2018 TIGERS TICKETS: Fans looking to secure ckets to the best games this upcoming season can do so now 64 Chad Bell LHP by purchasing customizable cket packages, including the six and 20-game fl ex plans. Flex plans start as low 68 Daniel Stumpf LHP as $110 and fans can choose the games and seats they want. Plans that include an Opening Day cket start 76 INF as low as $15 per game. For complete 2018 season cket informa on, visit gers.com/seasons or call (313) 77 Joe Jiménez RHP 471-BALL (2255). 78 Chad Huff man OF 80 Ronny Rodriguez INF Individual game ckets for the 2018 season are currently on sale. Tickets start as low as $12. Secure ckets to 81 Pete Kozma INF a summer of historic celebra ons that will showcase the great tradi on of Detroit Tigers . Individual game ckets can be purchased at the Comerica Park Box Offi ce on Witherell Street, online at gers.com, or by calling 866-66-TIGER (84437). TODAY’S TIGERS PITCHERS #50 RHP Mike Fiers – (1-2, 8.59) 2018 Spring: Fiers will make his fourth start of today at Atlanta…Took the loss on Saturday at Toronto, allowing fi ve runs on three hits with three walks and three strikeouts in 3.0 innings. 2017 Season: Appeared in 29 games, including 28 as a starter, in 2017 for the Houston Astros, pos ng a 8-10 record with a 5.22 ERA (153.1IP/89ER) and 146 strikeouts…Finished the season with 153.1 innings pitched, marking the third consecu ve season he has thrown 150.0-or-more innings…Struck out a season-high 11 ba ers on July 16 vs. Minnesota, marking his fi rst double-digit performance since May 2, 2015 vs. Chicago (NL).

#53 RHP Warwick Saupold – (0-0, 3.68) 2018 Spring: Saupold will make his seventh appearance of Spring Training today at Atlanta…Struck out one in a scoreless inning on Friday vs. New York (NL). 2017 Season: Established career highs with 45 appearances, 62.2 innings pitched and 44 strikeouts as he spent most of the 2017 season with the Tigers…Did not allow an earned run in six consecu ve appearances with the Tigers from May 23-June 8, a stretch that spanned 11.2 innings…Compiled a 3-1 record with a 2.57 ERA (42.0IP/12ER) and 21 strikeouts in 26 appearances from May 25-August 13.

#68 LHP Daniel Stumpf – (0-1, 3.00) 2018 Spring: Stumpf is scheduled to make his seventh appearance of Spring Training today at Atlanta…Threw a shutout inning on Tuesday at New York (AL), striking out two. 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.

BRAVES ALSO SCHEDULED TO PITCH: RHP Arodys Vizcaíno, RHP José Ramírez, LHP A.J. Minter, RHP Dan Winkler, RHP Josh Graham

UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PITCHING MATCHUPS DATE OPPONENT GAME TIME TIGERS PITCHERS OPPONENT PITCHERS Friday Philadelphia 1:05 p.m. LHP Daniel Norris RHP Nick Pive a Saturday New York (AL) 1:05 p.m. LHP Ma hew Boyd RHP Masahiro Tanaka March 15, 2018 GAME NOTES 2018 Tigers Spring Training Schedule Date Opponent Result Winner Loser 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 March 16 Philadelphia March 17 New York (AL) March 18 at Tampa Bay March 19 Bal more March 20 New York (AL) March 21 at Atlanta March 22 at Philadelphia March 23 at Atlanta March 24 Philadelphia March 25 Atlanta March 26 Tampa Bay March 27 at Tampa Bay

Record: 7-10-3 Home: 3-5-2 Road: 4-5-1 vs. AL: 4-5-1 vs. NL: 3-5-2 “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, 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 to Double A Erie; op oned LHP 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 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 to Minor League camp March 15 Reassigned INF's Harold Castro, Kody Eaves and Edwin Espinal and OF Jason Krizan to Minor League camp