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 (0-1) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (1-0) Saturday, February 24, 2018 • Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium, Lakeland, FL • 1:05 p.m. ET RHP Jordan Zimmermann (No Record) vs. RHP Chris Rowley (No Record) TV: None • Radio: 97.1 The Ticket RECENT RESULTS: The Tigers suff ered a 3-1 loss to the New York Yankees in the Grapefruit League opener NUMERICAL ROSTER on Friday a ernoon at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa. Leonys Mar n went 1x3 and scored Detroit’s 1 José Iglesias INF only run of the game, while Chad Huff man was 1x2 with a RBI. Miguel Cabrera, Mike Gerber, John Hicks 8 Mikie Mahtook OF and Victor Reyes each added a hit in the loss. Ryan Carpenter started for the Tigers and threw 2.0 scoreless 9 Nicholas Castellanos OF innings, allowing one hit and striking out three. Johnny Barbato, Mark Montgomery, Gerson Moreno, 12 Leonys Mar n OF Warwick Saupold and Paul Voelker each threw a shutout inning in relief. Aus n Sodders took the loss for the 13 Mike Gerber OF Tigers a er giving up three runs on two hits with a walk and two strikeouts in 1.0 inning. 14 Alexi Amarista INF 17 Grayson Greiner C PUBLIX FIELD AT JOKER MARCHANT STADIUM: The Tigers return to Spring Training in 2018 for the 82nd 18 Dawel Lugo INF season in Lakeland and their 53rd at Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium. The rela onship between the 19 Travis Wood LHP Tigers and the City of Lakeland is the longest standing of all Major League clubs and their Spring Training 21 JaCoby Jones OF homes. Several ballpark enhancements were made to Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium in me for the 22 Victor Reyes OF 2017 season, including six new sec ons of covered sea ng, increasing the number of covered seats from 24 Miguel Cabrera INF 1,246 to 2,098 seats. Addi onally, a state-of-the-art HD videoboard and scoreboard, measuring 46 feet wide 26 Zac Reininger RHP by 26 feet tall (1,196 square feet), one of the largest boards in all of Spring Training, sits atop the berm in 27 Jordan Zimmermann RHP le fi eld, along with a ribbon board in right fi eld. New fan and group areas at Publix Field at Joker Marchant 28 Brayan Peña C Stadium include the Pepsi Pavilion, Margaritaville and The Runway. 30 Alex Wilson RHP TIGERS AGREE TO TERMS WITH FRANCISCO LIRIANO: The Tigers yesterday announced that they have 31 Ryan Carpenter LHP agreed to terms with le handed pitcher Francisco Liriano on a one-year contract. Liriano, 34, combined to 32 Michael Fulmer RHP pitch in 38 games, including 18 starts, between the Toronto Blue Jays and Houston Astros in 2017, pos ng 33 Derek Norris C a 6-7 record with a 5.66 ERA (97.0IP/61ER) and 85 strikeouts. Liriano also made fi ve appearances during 34 James McCann C the postseason with the Astros and went 0-1 with a 3.86 ERA (2.1IP/1ER) and two strikeouts. An American 36 Blaine Hardy LHP League All-Star in 2006 with Minnesota and a two- me Comeback Player of the Year winner, Liriano has 37 Jim Adduci OF made 323 career appearances, including 274 starts, at the Major League level, and has a 102-99 record 38 Francisco Liriano LHP with one save, a 4.15 ERA (1610.0IP/742ER) and 1,642 strikeouts. He was named American League Pitcher 40 Sergio Alcántara INF of the Month in April, 2010, and is a two- me American League Pitcher of the Week honoree. A na ve 41 Victor Mar nez DH of San Cristobal, DR, Liriano was originally signed by the San Francisco Giants as a non-dra ed free agent 44 Daniel Norris LHP on September 9, 2000. To create room on the 40-man roster for Liriano, the Tigers designated le handed 45 Buck Farmer RHP pitcher Jairo Labourt for assignment. 46 Jeimer Candelario INF ROSTER BREAKDOWN: The Tigers have 62 players in camp, including 22 non-roster invitees. Of the 62 players, 48 Ma hew Boyd LHP 31 are pitchers, including seven non-roster invitees, seven are catchers, including four non-roster invitees, 14 49 Dixon Machado INF are infi elders, including eight non-roster invitees, nine are ou ielders, including three non-roster invitees are 50 Mike Fiers RHP one is a designated hi er. This year’s camp has players from nine countries represented, including the United 51 Johnny Barbato RHP States, Australia, Canada, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela. 53 Warwick Saupold RHP 54 Drew VerHagen RHP SIX MINOR LEAGUERS JOIN TIGERS FOR TODAY’S GAME: Righthanded pitchers Zac Houston (#83), Alfredo 55 John Hicks C Gu errez (#94), Dane Myers (#88) and Ma West (#96) and le handed pitchers Ma Hall (#97) and James 56 Spencer Turnbull RHP Russell (#89) will join the Tigers for today’s game. 57 Ar e Lewicki RHP 2018 TIGERS TICKETS: Fans looking to secure ckets to the best games this upcoming season can do so now 58 Victor Alcántara RHP by purchasing customizable cket packages, including the six and 20-game fl ex plans. Flex plans start as low 60 Gerson Moreno RHP as $110 and fans can choose the games and seats they want. Plans that include an Opening Day cket start 61 Shane Greene RHP as low as $15 per game. For complete 2018 season cket informa on, visit gers.com/seasons or call (313) 62 Sandy Baez RHP 471-BALL (2255). 64 Chad Bell LHP Individual game ckets for the 2018 season are currently on sale. Tickets start as low as $12. Secure ckets to 65 Gregory Soto LHP a summer of historic celebra ons that will showcase the great tradi on of Detroit Tigers baseball. Individual 66 Eduardo Jimenez RHP game ckets can be purchased at the Comerica Park Box Offi ce on Witherell Street, online at gers.com, or 67 Enrique Burgos RHP by calling 866-66-TIGER (84437). 68 Daniel Stumpf LHP 70 Harold Castro INF TODAY’S TIGERS PITCHERS 71 Kevin Comer RHP #27 RHP Jordan Zimmermann – (No Record) 72 Dominic Ficociello INF 2018 Spring: Zimmermann will make his fi rst Grapefruit League start of the spring today vs. Toronto. 73 Jason Krizan OF 2017 Season: Made 29 starts for the Tigers, pos ng an 8-13 record with a 6.08 ERA (160.0IP/108ER) and 103 74 Edwin Espinal INF strikeouts...Pitched in his 200th career game on April 19 at Tampa Bay, while he made his 200th career start 75 Alex Faedo RHP on April 25 vs. Sea le...Recorded the 1,000th strikeout of his Major League career on May 23 at Houston, 76 Niko Goodrum INF striking out Jake Marisnick to end the second inning. 77 Joe Jimenez RHP 78 Chad Huff man OF #68 LHP Daniel Stumpf – (No Record) 79 Mark Montgomery RHP 2018 Spring: Stumpf is scheduled to make his fi rst ou ng of the spring today vs. Toronto. 80 Ronny Rodriguez INF 2017 Season: Appeared in a career-high 55 games with Detroit, pos ng an 0-1 record with a 3.82 ERA 81 Pete Kozma INF (37.2IP/16ER) and 33 strikeouts...also pitched in 24 games with Triple A Toledo and went 1-2 with a 3.38 82 Kody Eaves INF ERA (21.1IP/8ER) and 26 strikeouts...Posted 17 consecu ve scoreless appearances with the Tigers from July 83 Arvicent Perez C 1-August 8, a stretch that spanned 13.1 innings. 84 Jake Rogers C #62 RHP Sandy Baez – (No Record) 85 Paul Voelker RHP 2018 Spring: Baez will make his fi rst appearance of Spring Training today vs. the Blue Jays. 2017 Season: Combined to make 19 starts between Single A Lakeland and Double A Erie, compiling a 6-8 record with a 3.92 ERA (98.2IP/43ER) and 105 strikeouts...Named Florida State League Pitcher of the Week for the week ending June 11 a er throwing 6.0 shutout innings with one hit allowed, one walk and seven strikeouts on June 8 vs. St. Lucie...struck out a season-high 11 ba ers on June 20 at Dunedin and equaled that total in his fi nal start for Lakeland on August 18 vs. Daytona. #58 RHP Victor Alcántara – (No Record) 2018 Spring: Alcántara will make his fi rst Spring Training appearance today vs. Toronto. 2017 Season: Pitched in 45 games between Double A Erie, Triple A Toledo and Detroit...made six appearances with the Tigers and had an 8.59 ERA (7.1IP/7ER) with fi ve strikeouts...combined to pitch in 39 games, including three as a starter, between Erie and Toledo, and had a 1-3 record with a 3.62 ERA (74.2IP/30ER) and 73 strikeouts. BLUE JAYS ALSO SCHEDULED TO PITCH: RHP Daniel Barnes, RHP Deck McGuire, RHP Taylor Guerrieri UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PITCHING MATCHUPS DATE OPPONENT GAME TIME TIGERS PITCHERS OPPONENT PITCHERS Sunday vs. Pi sburgh 1:05 p.m. RHP Ar e Lewicki RHP Tyler Glasnow Sunday at Toronto 1:07 p.m. LHP Ma hew Boyd LHP J.A. Happ Monday at Bal more 1:05 p.m. RHP Michael Fulmer TBA February 24, 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 February 25 Pi sburgh at Toronto February 26 at Bal more February 27 at Philadelphia February 28 at New York (AL) March 1 Atlanta March 2 Miami 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: 0-1 Home: 0-0 Road: 0-1 vs.