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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 Twitter - @DetroitTigersPR, @tigers, @TigresdeDetroit Detroit Tigers at Minnesota Twins Tuesday, September 16, 2014 Target Field, Minneapolis, MN Game Time - 8:10 p.m. EDT RECENT RESULTS: The Tigers opened their series against the Twins with an 8-6 win on TIGERS AT A GLANCE Monday night at Target Field. Torii Hunter hit a go-ahead solo home run in the top of the ninth inning and finished the game 2x5. Miguel Cabrera also homered in the ninth and Record: 84-66 / Streak: W4 went 3x5 with three runs scored in the victory. J.D. Martinez and Andrew Romine also Game #151 / Road #77 contributed three hits with Romine driving in two runs. Kyle Ryan picked up his second win Home: 41-33 / Road: 43-33 of the season, throwing 0.2 scoreless innings out of the bullpen. Joakim Soria allowed a hit and struck out one in a scoreless ninth inning to record his first save as a member of the Tonight’s Scheduled Starters Tigers. Max Scherzer started for Detroit and received a no-decision after giving up four RHP Rick Porcello vs. RHP Ricky Nolasco runs on seven hits with one walk and five strikeouts in 7.0 innings. The Tigers and Twins (15-11, 3.23) (5-11, 5.64) play game two of their three-game series tonight. Following the series vs. Minnesota and an off-day on Thursday, the Tigers continue the road trip on Friday at Kansas City. TV/Radio POSTSEASON TICKETS ON SALE WEDNESDAY: Individual game tickets for Detroit FSD/AM 1270 & 97.1 FM Tigers potential 2014 Wild Card and American League Division Series home games at Comerica Park will go on sale Wednesday, September 17 at 12:00 p.m. Tickets will only be TIGERS VS. TWINS available by visiting www.tigers.com. Tickets will not be available at the Comerica Park box 2014 Record: 7-6 office or by phone. There is a limit of 12 tickets per customer, per game. For more information, visit tigers.com/postseason. 2014 at Home: 3-3 2014 at Minnesota: 4-3 TORII’S CLUTCH NINTH INNING BLAST: Torii Hunter broke a 6-6 tie in the ninth All-Time Record: 1083-993-17 inning of last night’s game with a solo home run, his 16th homer of the season. Hunter’s homer was his sixth career go-ahead home run in the ninth inning-or-later and his first All-Time at Home: 575-465-8 since a three-run walk-off home run on August 29, 2013 vs. Oakland. All-Time at Comerica Park: 67-65 All-Time at Minnesota: 508-528-9 CABRERA MOVING UP THE MLB, TIGERS ALL-TIME HOME RUN LIST: Miguel Cabrera hit the 388th home run of his career last night vs. the Twins. Cabrera is one home run away from tying Johnny Bench for 59th in major league history with 389 homers. The 2014 Game Log home run was also Cabrera’s 250th in a Tigers uniform, which is the fifth most in franchise Date Site Result Winner/Loser/Save history. Cabrera is 12 homers away from tying Willie Horton for fourth in club history with 4/25 MIN W, 10-6 Porcello/Correia 262 home runs. 4/26 MIN L, 5-3 Hughes/Ortega/Perkins TORII, MIGGY GO BACK-TO-BACK: Torii Hunter and Miguel Cabrera hit back-to-back 4/27 MIN PPD., rain home runs in the ninth inning of last night’s game. It marked the eighth time this season 5/9 DET L, 2-1 Hughes/Verlander/Perkins that the Tigers have hit back-to-back homers and the first time since September 1 at 5/10 DET W, 9-3 Scherzer/Gibson Cleveland. 5/11 DET L, 4-3 Burton/Chamberlain/Perkins MIGGY’S ON-BASE STREAK REACHES 14: Miguel Cabrera extended his on-base streak 6/13 DET L, 2-0 Gibson/Smyly/Perkins to 14 games with three hits in last night’s game. During his current streak, Cabrera has a 6/14 DET W, 12-9 Sanchez/Deduno/Krol .483 on-base percentage and is hitting .436 (24x55) with 14 runs scored, four doubles, six 6/15 DET W, 4-3 Nathan/Fien home runs and 11 RBI. 8/22 MIN L, 20-6 Pressly/Ray TORII ON TARGET VS. THE TWINS: Torii Hunter has enjoyed facing the Minnesota 8/23 MIN L, 12-4 Pino/Farmer Twins this season. In 12 games against Minnesota this year, Hunter is hitting .396 (19x48) 8/23 MIN W, 8-6 Verlander/May/Nathan with 11 runs scored, five doubles, one triple, one home run and nine RBI. Hunter’s .396 8/24 MIN W, 13-4 Scherzer/Gibson batting average vs. the Twins this season ranks 10th among all players. 9/15 MIN W, 8-6 Ryan/Fien/Soria DOUBLE TROUBLE: The Tigers hit six doubles in last night’s game to give them a major 9/16 MIN league leading 305 doubles this season. The 305 doubles are the 11th most in a season in 9/17 MIN franchise history and are the most since the 2010 team had 308 doubles. 9/25 DET TIGERS TIDBITS: Andrew Romine tied a career-high with three hits in last night’s game. 9/26 DET Over his last eight games, Romine is hitting .400 (10x25) with four runs scored, one 9/27 DET double and four RBI...Joakim Soria worked a scoreless ninth inning last night to earn his 9/28 DET first save as a member of the Tigers. CENTRAL FOCUS: The Tigers are 6-1 in their current stretch of 19 straight games against STREAKS teams from the American League Central Division. The Tigers are 37-27 this season against teams from the AL Central. Detroit is 11-8 this year vs. Cleveland, 8-8 vs. Last five games: 4-1 Chicago, 11-5 vs. Kansas City and 7-6 vs. Minnesota. Last 10 games: 7-3 ON THE ROAD: The Tigers are 1-0 on their current six-game road trip to Minnesota and Last 15 games: 10-5 Kansas City. Detroit has a 43-33 record away from Comerica Park this season. The Tigers Last 20 games: 13-7 43 road victories ranks tied for second in the American League, while their .566 road winning percentage ranks fifth. The Tigers are hitting .270 as a team on the road, while the pitching staff has a road ERA of 3.84. TIGERS GETTING OFFENSIVE: The Tigers currently lead the American League with a .277 team batting average, 1,449 hits, 305 doubles, a .332 on-base percentage and a .429 slugging percentage, while they are second with 711 runs scored and 688 RBI and tied for fourth with 146 home runs. Individually, Victor Martinez ranks second in the American League with a .331 (174x525) batting average, while Miguel Cabrera is seventh with a .313 (176x563) batting average. REPLAY RUNDOWN: The Tigers have been involved in 86 instant replay challenges so far this season. Detroit has challenged 38 plays with 22 plays being overturned, six plays confirmed and 10 plays standing as called. Opponents have made 39 challenges with 27 Non-stop action. Heart-pounding plays being overturned, four plays confirmed and eight plays standing as called. There have been nine crew chief initiated reviews with four plays being confirmed, one play excitement. Historic performances. standing as called and four plays overturned. Don't miss the 2014 Postseason INJURY UPDATE: RHP Joel Hanrahan (right elbow surgery, 60-day DL on May 2), RHP Luke Putkonen (right elbow inflammation, 60-day DL on April 19), RHP Bruce Rondon beginning September 30th. (right elbow surgery/UCL reconstruction, 60-day DL on March 29), RHP Anibal Sanchez (right pectoralis major strain, 15-day DL on August 9), RHP Drew VerHagen (low back For tickets, visit tigers.com/postseason. stress fracture, 60-day DL on September 1), INF Jose Iglesias (bilateral tibial stress fractures, 60-day DL on March 29), OF Andy Dirks (lower back surgery/microdiscectomy, 60-day DL on March 29). TIGERS UPCOMING GAME DETAILS TIGERS OPPONENTS DATE OPPONENT GAME TIME PROBABLE PITCHER PROBABLE PITCHER TV/RADIO Wednesday at Minnesota 8:10 p.m. LHP David Price RHP Kyle Gibson FSD/97.1 (3-3, 3.70) (11-11, 4.58) 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: 17-15 Scoring five-or-more runs: 60-7 Lead after 6th/7th/8th inning: 67-8/70-5/71-5 vs. AL Central: 37-27 Scoring four-or-less runs: 24-59 Trail after 6th/7th/8th inning: 9-48/5-56/5-58 vs. AL West: 18-16 Extra-innings: 6-6 Tied after 6th/7th/8th inning: 8-10/9-5/8-3 vs. NL: 12-8 One-run games: 21-19 Tigers out hit opponent: 67-11 Tigers score first: 57-25 Tigers get quality start: 59-23 Opponent out hits Tigers: 12-53 Opponents score first: 27-41 Tigers starter works 6+ innings: 68-36 Tigers and opponent have equal hits: 5-2 © Detroit Tigers, 2014 ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... World Series Champions w 1935 w 1945 w 1968 w 1984 September 16, 2014 TONIGHT’S TIGERS STARTER - RICK PORCELLO ‘14 Season (Detroit): 15-11, 3.23 ERA, 29 G, 28 GS, 3 CG, 3 SHO, 0 SV, 189.2 IP, 189 H, 77 R, 68 ER, 34 BB, 117 SO.

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