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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 Seattle Mariners Wednesday, May 9, 2012 Safeco Field, Seattle, WA Game Time - 10:10 p.m. EDT RECENT RESULTS: The Tigers knocked off the Mariners 6-4 last night at Safeco Field. TIGERS AT A GLANCE Justin Verlander (3-1) fanned six batters as he allowed three runs in six innings to earn the win for Detroit, while Jose Valverde posted his sixth save of the season. Andy Dirks led the Record: 15-14 / Streak: W1 Tigers with two hits, including a double, and three RBI, while Prince Fielder belted a solo Game #30 / Road #12 home run. Delmon Young added a two-run double for Detroit. The Tigers continue a nine- Home: 9-9 / Road: 6-5 game road trip with the final game of a three-game series at Seattle this evening. The trip continues with four games in Oakland and two games in Chicago. Tonight’s Scheduled Starters ON THE ROAD: Tonight at Seattle marks the third game of a 24-game stretch in which 19 LHP Drew Smyly vs. LHP Jason Vargas of Detroit’s games will be played on the road. The Tigers have posted a 23-11 record in (1-0, 1.61) (3-2, 3.09) road games dating back to August 11, 2011. Detroit is second among all major league TV/Radio clubs with a .676 winning percentage on the road during that stretch. FSD/AM 1270 & 97.1 FM MIGGY’S THE MAN AGAINST THE MARINERS: Miguel Cabrera is hitting .323 (50x155) with 12 doubles, six home runs and 23 RBI in 42 games during his career against the TIGERS VS. MARINERS Mariners. He is fourth among active major league players with a .323 batting average 2012 Record: 1-4 versus Seattle, while he is fifth with a .404 on-base percentage. 2012 at Home: 0-3 BOESCH BASHES VERSUS SEATTLE: Brennan Boesch has hit safely in 19 of his 20 2012 at Seattle: 1-1 games played versus the Mariners during his career. He is hitting .408 (31x76) with eight All-Time Record: 198-171-1 doubles, two home runs and 10 RBI in 20 games versus the club. All-Time at Home: 111-76-1 STARTING WELL: Tigers starters have posted eight quality starts in the club’s last nine All-Time at Comerica Park: 29-30 games dating back to April 28. Detroit starters have compiled a 2.44 ERA (59.0IP/16ER) All-Time at Seattle: 87-95 and 51 strikeouts during the nine-game stretch, while they have limited opponents to a .223 batting average (48x215). 2012 Game Log PAPA GRANDE CONVERTS HIS SAVE CHANCES: Jose Valverde has converted 81 of his Date Site Result Winner/Loser/Save 86 save opportunities for the Tigers since the beginning of the 2010 season. He is tops 4/24 DET L, 7-4 Vargas/Scherzer/League among all major league pitchers during that stretch by converting 94.2 percent of his save 4/25 DET L, 9-1 Hernandez/Wilk opportunities. Valverde is 19 saves shy of reaching 100 during his Tigers career as he 4/26 DET L, 5-4 Furbush/Porcello/League looks to become the fifth pitcher in club history to record 100 saves for the team. 5/7 SEA L, 3-2 Delabar/Dotel JACKSON SWINGS INTO ACTION: Austin Jackson enters this evening’s game at Seattle 5/8 SEA W, 6-4 Verlander/Millwood/Valverde having hit safely in nine of his last 11 games. During the 11-game stretch, he is batting 5/9 SEA .422 (19x45) with four doubles, a home run and six RBI. Jackson is currently eighth in the STREAKS American League with a .324 batting average this season. PRINCE IS DOING HIS BEST WORK ON THE ROAD: Last five games: 3-2 Prince Fielder has hit safely in nine of his 11 games on the road this season. He is hitting .375 (15x40) with three doubles, Last 10 games: 5-5 two home runs and nine RBI in 11 games on the road in 2012. Fielder is tied for fourth in Last 15 games: 6-9 the American League with a .375 batting average on the road, while he is fifth with a .468 Last 20 games: 9-11 on-base percentage and tied for 10th with a .600 slugging percentage. CABRERA, FIELDER FORM POWERFUL COMBO: Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder are among the leaders in the major leagues in home runs and RBI since the start of the 2006 season. Fielder is third in the major leagues with 233 home runs during that stretch, while Cabrera is seventh with 206 home runs. Cabrera is third in the major leagues with 716 RBI since the start of the 2006 season, while Fielder is seventh with 661 RBI. RADIO BOOTH UPDATE: Tigers radio broadcaster Jim Price, per the club's request, did not accompany the team on the long journey out West. Price will return to the booth when the Tigers host Minnesota on May 16. Former Tigers pitcher Dan Petry will serve as radio analyst and join Dan Dickerson for the entire road trip. NOTES ON THE SKIPPER: Jim Leyland is in his seventh season as the manager of the Tigers, compiling a 534-468 record (.533). - Leyland enters tonight’s game with 1,603 wins during his major league managerial career, 16th-most all-time in major league history. He is 16 wins shy of matching Ralph Houk for 15th-most all-time in major league history with 1,619 wins. Leyland is tops among all active major league managers with 1,603 wins. - Tonight’s game marks the 3,205th game Leyland has managed during his career, placing him in 15th place all-time in major league history. - Leyland is one of only five managers in Tigers history to register at least 500 victories with the club. Sparky Anderson (1,331 wins), Hughie Jennings (1,131 wins), Bucky Harris (516 wins) and Steve O’Neill (509 wins) are the four other managers in Tigers history with at least 500 wins with the club. INJURY UPDATE: RHP Al Alburquerque (right elbow surgery, 60-day DL on April 4), RHP Luis Marte (left hamstring strain, 15-day DL on April 4), C Victor Martinez (left knee surgery, 60-day DL on March 12), LHP Daniel Schlereth (left shoulder tendinitis, 15-day DL on April 21). TIGERS UPCOMING GAME DETAILS TIGERS OPPONENTS DATE OPPONENT GAME TIME PROBABLE PITCHER PROBABLE PITCHER TV/RADIO Thursday at Oakland 10:05 p.m. RHP Max Scherzer RHP Bartolo Colon FSD/1270 & 97.1 (1-3, 6.32) (3-2, 2.83) Friday at Oakland 10:05 p.m. RHP Rick Porcello LHP Tommy Milone FSD/1270 & 97.1 (3-2, 4.91) (4-2, 4.42) Saturday at Oakland 8:05 p.m. RHP Doug Fister TBA FSD/1270 & 97.1 (0-0, 0.00) Sunday at Oakland 4:05 p.m. RHP Justin Verlander RHP Jarrod Parker FSD/1270 & 97.1 (3-1, 2.63) (1-0, 1.80) 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 2012 vs. AL East: 6-3 Scoring five-or-more runs: 9-1 Lead after 6th/7th/8th inning: 9-5/11-5/13-3 vs. AL Central: 7-4 Scoring four-or-less runs: 6-13 Trail after 6th/7th/8th inning: 2-8/2-9/2-8 vs. AL West: 2-7 Extra-innings: 1-1 Tied after 6th/7th/8th inning: 4-1/2-0/0-3 vs. NL: 0-0 One-run games: 6-6 Tigers out hit opponent: 9-5 Tigers score first: 11-3 Tigers get quality start: 12-5 Opponent out hits Tigers: 3-8 Opponents score first: 4-11 Tigers starter works 6+ innings: 12-8 Tigers and opponent have equal hits: 3-1 © Detroit Tigers, 2012 ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... World Series Champions w 1935 w 1945 w 1968 w 1984 May 9, 2012 TONIGHT’S TIGERS STARTER - DREW SMYLY ‘12 Season (Detroit): 1-0, 1.61 ERA, 5 G, 5 GS, 0 CG, 0 SHO, 0 SV, 28.0 IP, 25 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 8 BB, 29 SO. ‘12 Season (Toledo): 0-1, 16.20 ERA, 1 G, 1 GS, 0 CG, 0 SHO, 0 SV, 1.2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 SO. ‘11 Season (Erie): 4-3, 1.18 ERA, 8 G, 7 GS, 0 CG, 0 SHO, 0 SV, 45.2 IP, 32 H, 10 R, 6 ER, 15 BB, 53 SO. ‘11 Season (Lakeland): 7-3, 2.58 ERA, 14 G, 14 GS, 0 CG, 0 SHO, 0 SV, 80.1 IP, 71 H, 32 R, 23 ER, 21 BB, 77 SO. THE SCOOP ON SMYLY: After having his contract 2012 GAME-BY-GAME RUNDOWN purchased from Triple A Toledo on April 12, Smyly will SEASON (DETROIT) make the sixth start of his major league career for the DATE OPP. RESULT S/R DEC. ERA IP H R ER BB SO PC Tigers this evening against the Mariners. 4/12 TB W, 7-2 S ND 2.25 4.0 4 1 1 3 4 90 4/17 @KC W, 3-1 S ND 0.90 6.0 7 1 0 1 4 101 ROOKIE LEADERS: Smyly enters his start this 4/22 TEX L, 3-2 (11) S ND 1.13 6.0 5 1 1 2 7 100 evening at Seattle second among American League 4/28 @NYY W, 7-5 S W-1 1.23 6.0 2 1 1 2 7 93 5/4 CWS W, 5-4 S ND 1.61 6.0 7 2 2 0 7 99 rookie pitchers with a 1.61 ERA and 29 strikeouts, while he is eighth with a .245 batting average against.