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 (62-92) vs. Minnesota Twins (80-74) Saturday, September 23, 2017 • Comerica Park, Detroit, MI • 6:10 p.m. ET LHP MaƩ hew Boyd (6-10, 5.33) vs. RHP Ervin Santana (15-8, 3.34) Game #155 • Home #80 • TV: FOX Sports Detroit • Radio: 97.1 The Ticket ABOUT LAST NIGHT: The Tigers suff ered their fi h The Tigers will open the exhibi on schedule on TIGERS AT A GLANCE consecu ve loss as they lost to the Twins 7-3 on Friday Thursday, February 22, as the club plays host to Overall ............................................................. 62-92 night at Comerica Park. For the second straight game, Florida Southern College in the annual matchup Current Streak .....................................................L5 At Comerica Park ...........................................34-45 Detroit grabbed an early lead on a solo home run from against the Moccasins. The Tigers open the home On the Road...................................................28-47 Nicholas Castellanos in the second inning. Minnesota por on of the Grapefruit League schedule against Day games .....................................................27-28 answered with a run in the top of the third on a leadoff the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday, February 24. The Night games ...................................................35-64 homer from Max Kepler. The Tigers regained the lead schedule is highlighted by visits from the New York vs. AL East ......................................................16-17 in the home half of the third inning on a RBI single Yankees (Tuesday, March 6, Saturday, March 17 and vs. AL Central .................................................29-39 by Ian Kinsler. The Twins took their fi rst lead of the Tuesday, March 20), the Toronto Blue Jays (Saturday, vs. AL West ......................................................9-24 vs. NL ...............................................................8-12 game in the top of the fourth, scoring three runs on February 24 and Wednesday, March 7), the New York Tigers score fi rst ............................................38-32 a two-run double by Byron Buxton and a RBI single by Mets (Friday, March 9) and the Washington Na onals Opponents score fi rst ....................................24-60 Kepler. Minnesota added an insurance run in both the (Monday, March 12). Scoring fi ve-or-more runs ..............................51-20 fi h and sixth innings. The Tigers got a run back in the The 2018 Spring Training home schedule is subject Scoring four-or-less runs ................................11-72 bo om of the sixth inning on Kinsler’s 21st homer of to change. The full Spring Training schedule will be Extra innings ......................................................1-4 the season, a solo shot. The Twins closed the scoring released at a later date. One-run games ..............................................16-22 Two-run games ................................................9-14 in the ninth inning on a solo home run by Brian Dozier. Tigers get quality start ...................................42-27 TIGERS-TWINS GAME ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 TO Tigers starter works 6+ innings ......................47-36 NICK THE STICK: Nicholas Castellanos belted his 25th START AT 12:10 P.M.: In an cipa on of a high volume Lead a er 6th/7th/8th inning ....... 52-9/54-9/55-4 homer of the season last night, extending his single- of patrons in downtown Detroit a ending the Tigers Trail a er 6th/7th/8th inning ........ 4-71/4-77/1-82 season career high. In 22 games during September, and Lions games, fi rst pitch for the Tigers game vs. the Tied a er 6th/7th/8th inning .............6-12/4-6/6-6 Castellanos is hi ng .368 (32x87) with a 1.056 OPS, Minnesota Twins on Sunday, September 24 has been Tigers out hit opponent .................................41-16 eight runs scored, nine doubles, six home runs and 19 changed to 12:10 p.m. Opponent out hits Tigers ...............................19-68 Tigers and opponent have equal hits ................2-8 RBI. He leads the American League with nine doubles All Tigers season parking passes will be honored at Tigers hit home run .......................................57-48 in September, while he is ed for the AL lead with 32 the designated parking facili es. Tigers do not hit a home run ...........................5-44 hits, fi h with a .678 slugging percentage, sixth with Tigers fans looking for game day parking will have Come-from-behind wins .....................................33 19 RBI, eighth with a .368 ba ng average and ed for priority un l 11:00 a.m. in the following parking eighth with six home runs. facili es: • The D Garage (90 East Fisher Service Dr., behind TIGERS VS. TWINS THE CANDY MAN CAN: Jeimer Candelario had a pair of St. John’s Church) 2017 Record: 7-7 2017 at Home: 3-5 hits in last night’s game and has recorded mul ple hits • The Olympia Development parking facili es west 2017 at Minnesota: 4-2 in three consecu ve games. Candelario has reached of Woodward Avenue, behind the Fox Theatre All-Time Record: 1118-1016-17 base safely in 20-of-21 games since being acquired by Tigers fans are encouraged to prepay their parking All-Time at Home: 592-479-8 the Tigers and is hi ng .370 (27x73) with a 1.007 OPS, to ensure they have a spot. Fans can visit gers.com/ All-Time at Comerica Park: 84-79 15 runs scored, seven doubles, two home runs, nine parking to purchase parking. All-Time at Minnesota: 526-537-9 RBI and 12 walks. The new Parking Garages north of the Fisher 2017 Game Log Freeway, next to Li le Caesars Arena, will be available Date Site Result Winner/Loser/Save ROLLING SOLO: Tigers second baseman Ian Kinsler for all fans, fi rst come fi rst serve. 4/11 DET W, 2-1 Boyd/San ago/Rodríguez slugged his 21st home run of the season last night, 4/12 DET W, 5-3 Fulmer/Gibson/A. Wilson 4/13 DET L, 11-5 Hughes/Zimmermann/Haley a leadoff solo shot in the sixth inning. Kinsler has NOTES ON THE SKIPPER: Brad Ausmus is in his fourth 4/21 MIN L, 6-3 San ago/Verlander/Kintzler hit 20-or-more homers in a season fi ve mes in his season at the helm for Detroit a er being named the 4/22 MIN W, 5-4 Hardy/Tonkin/Rodríguez career and in back-to-back seasons for the fi rst me 37th manager in Tigers history on November 3, 2013. 4/23 MIN W, 13-4 Fulmer/Gibson (28 in 2016). Of Kinsler’s 21 home runs this season, *Enters tonight’s game with a 312-326 (.489) record 7/21 MIN W, 6-3 Sanchez/Santana/J. Wilson 20 of them have been solo shots. Kinsler’s only home as DET’s manager. 7/22 MIN L, 6-5 Gibson/Zimmermann/Kintzler 7/23 MIN W, 9-6 Boyd/Hildenberger/J. Wilson run this season with runners on base was a two-run *Earned his 300th career managerial win on August 8/11 DET L, 9-4 Pressly/Sanchez shot on September 10 at Toronto. Kinsler started the 3, 2017 at BAL 8/12 DET W, 12-11 Greene/Belisle season with 16 consecu ve solo home runs, making *Spent 18 seasons as a catcher at the ML level with 8/13 DET L, 6-4 Duff ey/Rondón/Hildenberger him the fi rst Major League player to begin a season the Padres (1993-96), Tigers (1996, 1999-2000), 9/21 DET L, 12-1 Gee/Zimmermann with 16 straight solo homers since Cincinna ’s Kal Astros (1997-98, 2001-07) and Dodgers (2009-10). 9/22 DET L, 7-3 Gibson/Norris 9/23 DET Daniels started the 1987 season with 16 straight solo *Ranks third all- me among catchers with 12,839 9/24 DET shots. (Source: Elias Sports Bureau) putouts, while he is 10th in innings played (15,840.2) 9/29 MIN and games started (1,766). 9/30 MIN TIGERS AND TWINS: The season series between *Managed Team Israel in the 2013 World Baseball 10/1 MIN the Tigers and Twins is ed at seven wins each, but Classic. TIGERS STREAKS Minnesota has won fi ve of the eight games played Last fi ve games: 0-5 between the two teams at Comerica Park. Detroit has TIGERS ON THE DL: DH Victor MarƟ nez (irregular Last 10 games: 2-8 won the season series against the Twins in fi ve of the heartbeat, 60-day DL on August 27). Last 15 games: 3-12 last six seasons with Minnesota’s only season series Last 20 games: 4-16 victory coming in 2014 (10-9). THIS DATE IN TIGERS HISTORY: 1905 - Tigers rookie THE DISTRICT DETROIT Ty Cobb hits his fi rst home run, an inside-the-park The District Detroit is one of the largest sports and homer, off of Cy Falkenberg...1984 - Sparky Anderson entertainment developments in the country. Located in the heart of Detroit, this 50-block, mixed-use becomes the fi rst manager ever to win 100 games in a development led by the Ilitch organiza on unites six season with two diff erent clubs as the Tigers beat the world-class theaters, fi ve neighborhoods and three Yankees, 4-1. professional sports venues in one vibrant, walkable des na on for people who want to live, work and TIGERS ANNOUNCE 2018 SPRING TRAINING play in an exci ng urban environment. Home to the SCHEDULE: The Tigers on Thursday announced the Detroit Tigers, Detroit Red Wings, Detroit Pistons club’s Grapefruit League home schedule for 2018 and Detroit Lions - The District Detroit represents Spring Training in Lakeland, FL.