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 vs. Cleveland Indians Wednesday, April 16, 2014 Comerica Park, Detroit, MI Game Time - 7:08 p.m. EDT RECENT RESULTS: The Tigers and Indians game last night at Comerica Park was post- poned due to inclement weather and will be made up at a later date. The Tigers lost the TIGERS AT A GLANCE series finale at San Diego 5-1 on Sunday. Rajai Davis was the top offensive performer for Detroit, finishing the game with two hits. Torii Hunter went 1x3 in the game with one run Record: 6-4 / Streak: L1 scored, one double and one walk. Victor Martinez had the Tigers only RBI of the contest. Game #11 / Home #6 Max Scherzer started on the mound for the Tigers and took the loss after giving up four runs on four hits, striking out 10 and walking three in five innings. Home: 4-1 / Road: 2-3 TUESDAY’S TIGERS-INDIANS GAME POSTPONED: The Tigers and Indians game last Tonight’s Scheduled Starters night at Comerica Park was postponed due to inclement weather and will be made up at a later date. All paid tickets for last night’s game will be honored for the make up date. No RHP Anibal Sanchez vs. RHP Zach McAllister ticket exchange is necessary. (0-0, 3.00) (1-0, 2.31) WINNING WAYS OVER THE INDIANS: The Tigers have won 18 of their last 23 games versus Cleveland, dating back to September 5, 2012. The Tigers have outscored the TV/Radio Indians 142-81 during the stretch. Additionally, the Tigers enter tonight’s game having won FSD PLUS/1270 AM & 97.1 FM 34 of the club’s last 45 games against the Indians at Comerica Park dating back to the start of the 2009 season. The 34 wins are the most by the Tigers against any team at home TIGERS VS. INDIANS during that span. 2014 Record: 0-0 MARTINEZ MASHES AGAINST THE INDIANS: Victor Martinez enters tonight’s game 2014 at Home: 0-0 hitting .367 (62x169) with 20 doubles, five home runs and 39 RBI in 46 career games against Cleveland. He ranks second among active American League players with a .369 2014 at Cleveland: 0-0 career batting average against Cleveland. In 2013, Martinez hit .378 (28x74) with eight All-Time Record: 1086-1042-12 doubles, one home run and 14 RBI in 19 games vs. the Indians. All-Time at Home: 591-468-5 DAVIS EXTENDS HITTING STREAK TO SEVEN GAMES: Rajai Davis enters tonight’s All-Time at Comerica Park: 70-56 game vs. the Indians with a seven game hitting streak. Over his last seven games, Davis All-Time at Cleveland: 495-574-7 is hitting .385 (10x26) with six runs scored, a home run and four RBI. 2014 Game Log SCHERZER PUNCHES OUT 10 IN FIVE INNINGS: Max Scherzer struck out 10 batters in five innings of work on Sunday at San Diego. In records dating back to 1914, Scherzer is Date Site Result Winner/Loser/Save the first Tigers pitcher to strike out 10-or-more batters in 5.0 innings pitched or less. The 4/15 DET Postponed, cold 10 strikeouts also marked the 19th time in his career he has recorded double-digit strike- 4/16 DET outs in a game. 4/17 DET MORE ON SCHERZER’S STRIKEOUTS: With his 10 strikeouts on Sunday at San Diego, 5/19 CLE Max Scherzer moved into 19th on the Tigers all-time strikeouts list with 854 strikeouts. 5/20 CLE Scherzer is 91 strikeouts away from tying Jeremy Bonderman for 18th on the Tigers all- time strikeouts list. 5/21 CLE 6/20 CLE TIGERS TOUGH TO TAME AT HOME: The Tigers enter tonight’s game against the Indians having won 89 of the last 130 games at Comerica Park since July 4, 2012. The 6/21 CLE Tigers lead the American League with 89 wins and a .677 winning percentage at home 6/22 CLE during that span. The Tigers are 4-1 at home so far in 2014. 7/18 DET KUBITZA NAMED MIDWEST LEAGUE PITCHER OF THE WEEK: Austin Kubitza, a start- 7/19 DET ing pitcher for the West Michigan Whitecaps, was named the Midwest League Pitcher of the 7/20 DET Week on Monday. Through his first two starts of the season, Kubitza has compiled a 2-0 9/1 CLE record with a 0.84 ERA (10.2IP/1ER) and 10 strikeouts. 9/2 CLE TIGERS REMEMBER ROLANDO CASANOVA: Rolando Casanova has been a scout for the Detroit Tigers for the past 11 years scouting talent in south Florida and Latin America. 9/3 CLE Some of the current players he recommended and signed for the Tigers included Nick 9/4 CLE Castellanos. Sadly, Rolando recently lost a battle to cancer and passed away this past 9/12 DET weekend. Rolando contributed to the game of baseball at many levels including as a col- 9/13 DET lege player and then as an assistant high school coach, and an assistant college baseball coach at Florida International University. The Detroit Tigers extend their heartfelt condo- 9/14 DET lences to the Casanova family including his wife, Sylvia, and their two sons, Adrian and Gabriel. Rolando will be greatly missed by his fellow scouts and the Detroit Tigers family. STREAKS TIGERS AND INDIANS WEAR #42 TONIGHT IN HONOR OF ROBINSON: All on-field Last five games: 2-3 personnel from both the Tigers and Indians will wear uniform number 42 this evening in honor of Jackie Robinson making his major league debut and breaking baseball’s color bar- Last 10 games: 6-4 rier with the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947. Last 15 games: 6-4 NOTES ON THE SKIPPER: Brad Ausmus is in his first season at the helm for the Tigers Last 20 games: 6-4 after being named the 37th manager in Tigers history on November 3, 2013. - According to Stats, LLC, became the first manager since Clint Hurdle of Colorado and Jerry Royster of Milwaukee in 2002 to begin his career with four straight wins. - Becomes just the 10th manager in Tigers history to have also played at the major league level for Detroit, joining Alan Trammell, Dick Tracewski, Bob Swift, Billy Hitchcock, Mickey Cochrane, George Moriarty, Ty Cobb, Hughie Jennings and Bobby Lowe. - Managed Team Israel in the 2013 World Baseball Classic. - Spent 18 seasons as a catcher at the major league level with the Padres (1993-96), Tigers (1996, 1999-2000), Astros (1997-1998, 2001-07) and Dodgers (2009-10)... made eight postseason appearances as a player, including two trips to the American League Championship Series and one to the World Series. INJURY UPDATE: RHP Bruce Rondon (right elbow surgery/UCL reconstruction, 60-day DL on March 29), INF Jose Iglesias (bilateral tibial stress fractures, 60-day DL on March 29), OF Andy Dirks (lower back surgery/microdiscectomy, 15-day DL on March 29). TIGERS UPCOMING GAME DETAILS TIGERS OPPONENTS DATE OPPONENT GAME TIME PROBABLE PITCHER PROBABLE PITCHER TV/RADIO Thursday Cleveland 1:08 p.m. RHP Justin Verlander RHP Danny Salazar FSD/1270 & 97.1 (1-1, 2.57) (0-1, 6.75) 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 2014 vs. AL East: 2-1 Scoring five-or-more runs: 4-0 Lead after 6th/7th/8th inning: 5-0/5-0/5-0 vs. AL Central: 2-0 Scoring four-or-less runs: 2-4 Trail after 6th/7th/8th inning: 1-2/0-3/0-4 vs. AL West: 0-0 Extra-innings: 2-1 Tied after 6th/7th/8th inning: 0-2/1-1/1-0 vs. NL: 2-3 One-run games: 4-1 Tigers out hit opponent: 5-1 Tigers score first: 4-1 Tigers get quality start: 4-2 Opponent out hits Tigers: 0-3 Opponents score first: 2-3 Tigers starter works 6+ innings: 4-3 Tigers and opponent have equal hits: 1-0 © Detroit Tigers, 2014 ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... World Series Champions w 1935 w 1945 w 1968 w 1984 April 16, 2014 TONIGHT’S TIGERS STARTER - ANIBAL SANCHEZ ‘14 Season (Detroit): 0-0, 3.00 ERA, 2 G, 2 GS, 0 CG, 0 SHO, 0 SV, 9.0 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 9 SO. ‘14 Spring (Detroit): 0-0, 3.00 ERA, 3 G, 3 GS, 9.0 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 9 SO. ‘13 Season (Detroit): 14-8, 2.57 ERA, 29 G, 29 GS, 1 CG, 1 SHO, 0 SV, 182.0 IP, 156 H, 56 R, 52 ER, 54 BB, 202 SO. ALL ABOUT ANIBAL: In his third season with the 2014 GAME-BY-GAME RUNDOWN Tigers, Sanchez will make his third start of the SEASON (DETROIT) season tonight against the Indians. DATE OPP. RESULT S/R DEC. ERA IP H R ER BB SO PC 4/4 BAL W, 10-4 S ND 4.50 4.0 2 2 2 3 3 69 WIN STREAK VS. INDIANS: Sanchez has won each 4/9 @LAD W, 7-6 S ND 3.00 5.0 6 3 1 1 6 110 of his last four decisions against Cleveland dating back TOTALS (2-0 record) 2 starts 0-0, 3.00 9.0 8 5 3 4 9 179 to August 3, 2012.