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 (6-2-1) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (4-5) Saturday, March 3, 2018 • Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium, Lakeland, FL • 1:05 p.m. ET RHP Jordan Zimmermann (1-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Chris Archer (0-0, 0.00) TV: None • Radio: 97.1 FM The Ticket RECENT RESULTS: The Tigers overcame an early 3-0 defi cit to defeat the Miami Marlins, 8-3, on Friday NUMERICAL ROSTER a ernoon at Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium. Miguel Cabrera had a pair of hits and two RBI in the 1 José Iglesias INF win, while Niko Goodrum belted a three-run homer and Jim Adduci hit a solo shot. Ma hew Boyd started 8 Mikie Mahtook OF for Detroit and earned his second win of the spring, allowing three runs on four hits with fi ve strikeouts 9 Nicholas Castellanos OF in 3.0 innings. Shane Greene, Johnny Barbato, Kevin Comer, Victor Alcántara and Sandy Baez combined to 12 Leonys Mar n OF throw 6.0 scoreless innings of relief with two hits allowed and seven strikeouts. The Tigers con nue their 13 Mike Gerber OF Grapefruit League schedule today as they host the Tampa Bay Rays. 14 Alexi Amarista INF 17 Grayson Greiner C ROSTER MOVES: Prior to today's game, the Tigers have reassigned RHP's Victor Alcántara, Alex Faedo and 18 Dawel Lugo INF Paul Voelker to Minor League camp. The Tigers have 59 players remaining in Major League camp. 19 Travis Wood LHP PUBLIX FIELD AT JOKER MARCHANT STADIUM: The Tigers return to Spring Training in 2018 for the 82nd 21 JaCoby Jones OF season in Lakeland and their 53rd at Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium. The rela onship between the 22 Victor Reyes OF Tigers and the City of Lakeland is the longest standing of all Major League clubs and their Spring Training 24 Miguel Cabrera INF homes. Several ballpark enhancements were made to Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium in me for the 26 Zac Reininger RHP 2017 season, including six new sec ons of covered sea ng, increasing the number of covered seats from 27 Jordan Zimmermann RHP 1,246 to 2,098 seats. Addi onally, a state-of-the-art HD videoboard and scoreboard, measuring 46 feet wide 28 Brayan Peña C by 26 feet tall (1,196 square feet), one of the largest boards in all of Spring Training, sits atop the berm in 30 Alex Wilson RHP le fi eld, along with a ribbon board in right fi eld. New fan and group areas at Publix Field at Joker Marchant 31 Ryan Carpenter LHP Stadium include the Pepsi Pavilion, Margaritaville and The Runway. 32 Michael Fulmer RHP IN THE PIPELINE: Ten of the Tigers Top 30 prospects, according to MLB Pipeline, are currently in Major League 33 Derek Norris C camp. The top prospects currently in big league camp include: righthanded pitcher Alex Faedo (#3, selected 34 James McCann C in fi rst round of 2017 MLB Dra ), catcher Jake Rogers (#5, acquired in Jus n Verlander trade with Houston), 36 Blaine Hardy LHP le handed pitcher Gregory Soto (#8, signed as a non-dra ed free agent in 2012), ou ielder Mike Gerber 37 Jim Adduci OF (#11, selected in 15th round of 2014 MLB Dra ), infi elder Dawel Lugo (#12, acquired in J.D. Mar nez trade 38 Francisco Liriano LHP with Arizona), ou ielder Victor Reyes (#18, selected in 2017 Rule 5 Dra from Arizona), righthanded pitcher 40 Sergio Alcántara INF Sandy Baez (#21, signed as a non-dra ed free agent in 2011), infi elder Sergio Alcántara (#26, acquired in J.D. 41 Victor Mar nez DH Mar nez trade with Arizona), righthanded pitcher Gerson Moreno (#29, signed as a non-dra ed free agent 44 Daniel Norris LHP in 2012) and infi elder Kody Eaves (#30, acquired in Jefry Marte trade with Los Angeles (AL)). 45 Buck Farmer RHP THREE MINOR LEAGUERS JOIN TIGERS FOR TODAY’S GAME: Righthanded pitchers Louis Coleman (#89) and 46 Jeimer Candelario INF Ma West (#92) and le handed pitcher Will Lamb (#98) will join the Tigers for today’s game. 48 Ma hew Boyd LHP 49 Dixon Machado INF 2018 TIGERS TICKETS: Fans looking to secure ckets to the best games this upcoming season can do so now 50 Mike Fiers RHP by purchasing customizable cket packages, including the six and 20-game fl ex plans. Flex plans start as low 51 Johnny Barbato RHP as $110 and fans can choose the games and seats they want. Plans that include an Opening Day cket start 53 Warwick Saupold RHP as low as $15 per game. For complete 2018 season cket informa on, visit gers.com/seasons or call (313) 54 Drew VerHagen RHP 471-BALL (2255). 55 John Hicks C Individual game ckets for the 2018 season are currently on sale. Tickets start as low as $12. Secure ckets to 56 Spencer Turnbull RHP a summer of historic celebra ons that will showcase the great tradi on of Detroit Tigers baseball. Individual 57 Ar e Lewicki RHP game ckets can be purchased at the Comerica Park Box Offi ce on Witherell Street, online at gers.com, or 60 Gerson Moreno RHP by calling 866-66-TIGER (84437). 61 Shane Greene RHP TODAY’S TIGERS PITCHERS 62 Sandy Baez RHP 64 Chad Bell LHP #27 RHP Jordan Zimmermann – (1-0, 0.00) 65 Gregory Soto LHP 2018 Spring: Zimmermann will make his second Grapefruit League start of the spring today vs. Tampa Bay… 66 Eduardo Jimenez RHP He last started against Toronto on Saturday, tossing two scoreless innings and allowing two hits. 67 Enrique Burgos RHP 2017 Season: Made 29 starts for the Tigers, pos ng an 8-13 record with a 6.08 ERA (160.0IP/108ER) and 103 68 Daniel Stumpf LHP strikeouts...Pitched in his 200th career game on April 19 at Tampa Bay, while he made his 200th career start 70 Harold Castro INF on April 25 vs. Sea le...Recorded the 1,000th strikeout of his Major League career on May 23 at Houston, 71 Kevin Comer RHP striking out Jake Marisnick to end the second inning. 72 Dominic Ficociello INF #57 RHP ArƟ e Lewicki (0-0, 0.00) 73 Jason Krizan OF 2018 Spring: Lewicki will make his third appearance of Spring Training today vs. Tampa Bay…Last pitched on 74 Edwin Espinal INF Wednesday at New York (AL), throwing one scoreless inning. 76 Niko Goodrum INF 2017 Season: Combined to pitch in 29 games, including 26 as a starter, between Double A Erie, Triple A Toledo 77 Joe Jiménez RHP and Detroit in 2017, pos ng a combined 14-5 record with a 3.57 ERA (151.1IP/60ER) and 129 strikeouts… 78 Chad Huff man OF Had 14 wins between Erie and Toledo, which ranked ed for seventh among all Minor League pitchers… 79 Mark Montgomery RHP Named the Tigers Minor League Pitcher of the Month for August a er pos ng a 5-0 record with a 2.03 ERA 80 Ronny Rodriguez INF (31.0IP/7ER) and 33 strikeouts in fi ve starts with Toledo…Made his Major League debut on September 4 vs. 81 Pete Kozma INF Kansas City and threw 5.0 innings. 82 Kody Eaves INF #53 RHP Warwick Saupold – (0-0, 4.50) 83 Arvicent Perez C 2018 Spring: Saupold will make his fourth appearance of Spring Training today vs. Tampa Bay…Threw a 84 Jake Rogers C scoreless inning with one walk and one strikeout on Wednesday at New York (AL). 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 – (0-0, 0.00) 2018 Spring: Stumpf is scheduled to make his third ou ng of the spring today vs. Tampa Bay…Worked a scoreless inning on Tuesday at Philadelphia, walking one. 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. RAYS ALSO SCHEDULED TO PITCH: LHP Anthony Banda, RHP José De León, RHP Hunter Wood, RHP Dus n McGowan, LHP José Alvarado, LHP Adam Kolarek, RHP Ryan Weber UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PITCHING MATCHUPS DATE OPPONENT GAME TIME TIGERS PITCHERS OPPONENT PITCHERS Sunday at Washington 1:05 p.m. RHP Alex Wilson TBA Monday at New York (NL) 1:10 p.m. RHP Mike Fiers RHP Ma Harvey March 3, 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 March 4 at Washington March 5 at New York (NL) March 6 New York (AL) March 7 Toronto March 8 at Pi sburgh March 9 New York (NL) March 10 at Toronto March 11 Atlanta March 12 Washington March 13 at New York (AL) 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: 6-2-1 Home: 2-1-1 Road: 4-1 vs.