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 vs. Chicago White Sox Wednesday, July 30, 2014 Comerica Park, Detroit, MI Game Time - 7:08 p.m. EDT RECENT RESULTS: The Tigers lost their fourth straight game on Tuesday night, losing to TIGERS AT A GLANCE the White Sox 11-4 at Comerica Park. Victor Martinez had three hits and scored a run to lead the Detroit offense. Miguel Cabrera went 2x4 with a run scored, while Bryan Holaday Record: 57-46 / Streak: L4 was 1x2 with two RBI. Anibal Sanchez started on the mound for the Tigers and took the Game #104 / Home #53 loss after allowing five runs, four earned, on six hits with two walks and six strikeouts in Home: 26-26 / Road: 31-20 6.1 innings. The Tigers and White Sox play game two of their three-game series tonight. Tonight’s Scheduled Starters Following the series vs. Chicago, the Tigers remain home this weekend to host Colorado in a three-game set. RHP Max Scherzer vs. RHP Hector Noesi (12-3, 3.37) (5-6, 4.37) ACTION JACKSON: Austin Jackson has hit safely in 15 of his last 17 games, dating back to July 9. Over the 17-game stretch, Jackson is hitting .394 (28x71) with 15 runs scored, TV/Radio eight doubles, two triples, one home run and eight RBI. Jackson also has a .442 on base FSD/AM 1270 & 97.1 FM percentage and a .606 slugging percentage over the 17 games. Jackson leads the TIGERS VS. WHITE SOX American League in hits and doubles during the stretch, ranks tied for first in runs scored, second in batting average and fifth in on base percentage and slugging percentage. 2014 Record: 5-5 2014 at Home: 2-3 VICTOR’S THREE-HIT NIGHT: Victor Martinez notched his seventh three-hit game of the 2014 at Chicago: 3-2 season last night vs. Chicago, finishing the game 3x4 with a run scored. The three-hit All-Time Record: 1051-1019-15 performance was the 116th of Martinez’s career. All-Time at Home: 555-476-5 All-Time at Comerica Park: 64-67 MULTI-HIT MIGGY: Miguel Cabrera recorded his 36th multi-hit game of the season last All-Time at Chicago: 496-543-10 night vs. the White Sox, going 2x4 with a run scored. Cabrera’s 36 multi-hit games ranks seventh in the American League. Since joining the Tigers in 2008, Cabrera has 367 multi- 2014 Game Log hit games, which is the 13th most in franchise history. Date Site Result Winner/Loser/Save 4/21 DET L, 3-1 Danks/Sanchez/Lindstrom GIVING IT UP FOR THE GREATER GOOD: The Tigers hit their major league leading 4/22 DET W, 8-6 Verlander/Leesman/Chamberlain 46th sacrifice fly in last night’s game. Detroit is one sacrifice fly away from matching their 4/23 DET L, 6-4 Rienzo/Reed/Lindstrom total of 47 from the 2013 season. Miguel Cabrera and Austin Jackson are tied for the 4/24 DET W, 7-4 Scherzer/Quintana/Nathan American League lead with eight sacrifice flies this season. 4/29 CWS W, 4-3 Chamberlain/Belisario/Nathan 4/30 CWS W, 5-1 Scherzer/Noesi TIGERS TIDBITS: Bryan Holaday had two RBI in last night’s game, marking his second 6/9 CWS L, 6-5 Noesi/Porcello/Belisario multi-RBI game this season with both coming against the White Sox...Joe Nathan tossed a 6/10 CWS PPD., rain scoreless ninth inning last night and has not allowed a run in eight of his last nine appearances, posting a 3.00 ERA (9.0IP/3ER) and 14 strikeouts during that stretch. 6/11 CWS L, 8-2 Danks/Verlander 6/12 CWS W, 4-0 SCHERZER/Sale VMART ON THE MARK VS. CHICAGO: Victor Martinez enters tonight’s game hitting .330 7/29 DET L, 11-4 Quintana/Sanchez (186x564) with 32 doubles, 24 home runs and 95 RBI in 155 career games against the 7/30 DET White Sox. He ranks second among active players in the American League with 186 hits, 7/31 DET while he is third with 95 RBI, fourth with a .399 on base percentage, fifth with a .330 8/29 CWS batting average and 10th with a .514 slugging percentage during his career against the 8/30 CWS White Sox. Martinez has at least one base hit in 19 of his last 20 games vs. Chicago. 8/30 CWS 8/31 CWS CENTRAL FOCUS: The Tigers have posted a 23-20 record this season against teams from 9/22 DET the American League Central Division. Detroit is 5-7 this year vs. Cleveland, 5-5 vs. 9/23 DET Chicago, 9-4 vs. Kansas City and 4-4 vs. Minnesota. Following this week’s series against 9/24 DET the White Sox, the Tigers will not face another AL Central foe until a four-game series at STREAKS Minnesota August 22-24. Last five games: 1-4 HOME COOKING: The Tigers are 0-1 on their current six-game homestand against Last 10 games: 4-6 Chicago and Colorado. Detroit has a 26-26 record at home this season. As a team, the Last 15 games: 6-9 Tigers are hitting an AL leading .287 (496x1730) at home, while the pitching staff has Last 20 games: 9-11 compiled a 4.43 ERA (469.0IP/231ER). THIS DATE IN TIGERS HISTORY TIGERS AT THE TOP IN HITTING: The Tigers currently lead the American League with a .276 team batting average. Individually, Victor Martinez ranks third in the American 1917 - The Tigers Ty Cobb, Bobby Veach and League with a .325 (112x345) batting average and Miguel Cabrera is tied for sixth with a Ossie Vitt follow each other in the lineup, each .311 (122x392) batting average. going 5-for-5 in a 16-4 win over Washington. Cobb also scores five times. REPLAY RUNDOWN: The Tigers have been involved in 63 instant replay challenges so far this season. Detroit has challenged 25 plays with 16 plays being overturned, five plays 1994 - Detroit defeats Oakland, 14-2, as Tigers confirmed and four plays standing as called. Opponents have made 30 challenges with 20 catcher Chad Kreuter ties a major league record plays being overturned, four plays confirmed and six plays standing as called. There have been eight crew chief initiated reviews with four plays being confirmed, one play with three sacrifice flies. He is the ninth player standing as called and three plays overturned. in history to perform the feat. INJURY UPDATE: RHP Joel Hanrahan (right elbow surgery, 60-day DL on May 2), LHP Patrick McCoy (pulled right hamstring, 15-day DL on July 6), RHP Luke Putkonen (right elbow inflammation, 60-day DL on April 19), 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/microdis- cectomy, 60-day DL on March 29). TIGERS UPCOMING GAME DETAILS TIGERS OPPONENTS DATE OPPONENT GAME TIME PROBABLE PITCHER PROBABLE PITCHER TV/RADIO Thursday Chicago 1:08 p.m. LHP Drew Smyly LHP John Danks FSD/1270 & 97.1 (6-9, 3.77) (9-6, 4.40) 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: 11-8 Scoring five-or-more runs: 40-4 Lead after 6th/7th/8th inning: 47-6/50-3/51-3 vs. AL Central: 23-20 Scoring four-or-less runs: 17-42 Trail after 6th/7th/8th inning: 4-32/2-38/3-40 vs. AL West: 17-14 Extra-innings: 3-4 Tied after 6th/7th/8th inning: 6-8/5-5/3-3 vs. NL: 6-4 One-run games: 17-13 Tigers out hit opponent: 46-8 Tigers score first: 36-18 Tigers get quality start: 43-16 Opponent out hits Tigers: 8-37 Opponents score first: 21-28 Tigers starter works 6+ innings: 49-25 Tigers and opponent have equal hits: 3-1 © Detroit Tigers, 2014 ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... World Series Champions w 1935 w 1945 w 1968 w 1984 July 30, 2014 TONIGHT’S TIGERS STARTER - MAX SCHERZER ‘14 Season (Detroit): 12-3, 3.37 ERA, 21 G, 21 GS, 1 CG, 1 SHO, 0 SV, 139.0 IP, 125 H, 52 R, 52 ER, 40 BB, 161 SO. ‘13 Season (Detroit): 21-3, 2.90 ERA, 32 G, 32 GS, 0 CG, 0 SHO, 0 SV, 214.1 IP, 152 H, 73 R, 69 ER, 56 BB, 240 SO. TAKING IT TO THE MAX: In his fifth season with the 2014 GAME-BY-GAME RUNDOWN Tigers, Scherzer will make his 22nd start of the SEASON (DETROIT) season tonight against the White Sox. DATE OPP. RESULT S/R DEC. ERA IP H R ER BB SO PC LAST TIME OUT: Scherzer extended his winning 4/2 KC W, 2-1 (10) S ND 0.00 8.0 4 0 0 1 7 110 streak to four decisions on Thursday at Los Angeles. 4/8 @LAD L, 3-2 S ND 1.20 7.0 8 2 2 1 8 106 He allowed three runs on six hits, while walking one 4/13 @SD L, 5-1 S L 2.70 5.0 4 4 4 3 10 104 and striking out 11 in 7.0 innings.