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 (37-48) at Toronto Blue Jays (39-44) Monday, July 2, 2018 • Rogers Centre, Toronto, ON • 1:07 p.m. ET RHP Mike Fiers (5-5, 4.04) vs. LHP Ryan Borucki (0-1, 3.00) Game #86 • Road Game #42 • TV: FOX Sports Detroit/MLB Network • Radio: 97.1 The Ticket RECENT RESULTS: The Tigers snapped their 11-game ON THE ROAD: The Tigers are 1-2 on their current six- TIGERS AT A GLANCE losing streak with a 9-1 win over the Blue Jays on game road trip, which includes four games at Toronto Overall ............................................................. 37-48 Sunday a ernoon at Rogers Centre. Niko Goodrum was (1-2) and two games at Chicago (NL) (July 3-4). Detroit Current Streak ...................................................W1 a perfect 4x4 at the plate with three runs scored and is currently in a stretch that will see them play 20-of- At Comerica Park ...........................................23-21 a double, while Nicholas Castellanos added two hits, 28 games away from Comerica Park leading up to the On the Road...................................................14-27 including a grand slam, and drove in four runs. José All-Star break. The Tigers are 14-27 on the road this Day games .....................................................21-20 Iglesias and JaCoby Jones each had two hits and two season and have lost seven of their last eight road Night games ...................................................16-28 RBI. Jordan Zimmermann started for the Tigers and games. As a team, Detroit is hi ng .236 (334x1414) on vs. LH star ng pitchers ....................................12-9 improved his record to 3-0, throwing 7.0 innings and the road in 2018, while the pitching staff has compiled vs. RH star ng pitchers ..................................25-39 allowing one run on fi ve hits with six strikeouts. The a 4.73 ERA (346.1IP/182ER). vs. AL East ......................................................11-10 Tigers and Blue Jays play the fi nale of their four-game vs. AL Central .................................................18-20 series this a ernoon. Following today’s game, the road INTERLEAGUE PLAY ON DECK: The Tigers con nue vs. AL West ......................................................7-11 trip con nues tomorrow with a two-game Interleague their 20-game Interleague schedule tomorrow as they vs. NL .................................................................1-7 series against the Chicago Cubs (July 3-4). begin a two-game series at Chicago (NL). The Tigers Tigers score fi rst ............................................25-18 and Cubs last met in 2015, when Detroit won three- Opponents score fi rst ....................................12-30 ROSTER MOVES: The Tigers today announced the of-four games. Detroit is 1-7 against Na onal League Scoring fi ve-or-more runs ................................22-9 following roster moves: opponents this season a er going 0-2 vs. Cincinna and Scoring four-or-less runs ................................15-39 * Placed OF Leonys Mar n on the 10-day disabled list 1-5 vs. Pi sburgh. The Tigers have an all- me record Extra innings ......................................................4-3 with a le hamstring strain. of 207-184 (.529) in Interleague play. Detroit is one of One-run games ..............................................13-13 * Placed RHP Shane Greene on the 10-day disabled list nine teams with 200-or-more wins in Interleague play, Two-run games ................................................7-11 with a right shoulder strain. joining New York (AL), Boston, Los Angeles (AL), Texas, Tigers get quality start ...................................16-15 * Recalled OF Mikie Mahtook from Triple A Toledo. Oakland, Chicago (AL), Minnesota and Sea le. Tigers starter works 6+ innings ......................17-20 * Reinstated LHP Daniel Stumpf from the 10-day disabled list. NOTES ON THE SKIPPER: Ron Gardenhire is in his fi rst Lead a er 6th/7th/8th inning ....... 26-6/28-4/32-2 season as the Tigers manager a er being named to the Trail a er 6th/7th/8th inning ........ 7-33/4-35/1-38 IGLESIAS, FIERS EARN JUNE HONORS: José Iglesias and posi on on October 20, 2017. Tied a er 6th/7th/8th inning ...............4-9/5-9/4-8 Mike Fiers have been selected as the Tigers Player and *Enters today’s game with a 37-48 (.435) record as the Tigers out hit opponent .................................26-14 Pitcher of the Month, respec vely, for June. Iglesias Tigers manager and a 1,105-1,087 (.504) career record Opponent out hits Tigers ...............................10-29 played in 28 games during the month, hi ng .304 as a manager, which is the eighth-most wins among Tigers and opponent have equal hits ................1-5 (28x92) with six runs scored, six doubles, two triples ac ve managers and ranks 54th in baseball history. Tigers hit home run .......................................26-22 and nine RBI. Iglesias ranked ed for second in the *Earned the 1,100th win of his managerial career on Tigers do not hit a home run .........................11-26 American League with two triples during the month. June 13 vs. Minnesota. Come-from-behind wins .....................................15 Fiers started fi ve games in June, compiling a 1-2 record *Spent the 2017 season as the bench coach for the with a 3.30 ERA (30.0IP/11ER) and 27 strikeouts. He Arizona Diamondbacks, who captured a Na onal limited opponents to a .239 (28x117) ba ng average League Wild Card spot and advanced to the Na onal TIGERS VS. BLUE JAYS during the month. League Division Series. 2018 Record: 3-3 *Served as manager of the Minnesota Twins from 2018 at Home: 2-1 IN THE NICK OF TIME: Nicholas Castellanos had a 2002-14 and is the winningest manager in Twins 2018 at Toronto: 1-2 pair of hits, including his fourth career grand slam, history, pos ng a record of 1,068-1,039 (.507) over his All-Time Record: 196-229 and drove in four runs in yesterday’s game to record 13 seasons...is one of 10 managers in baseball history All-Time at Home: 106-105 his team-leading 33rd mul -hit game of the season, to win 1,000-or-more games with a single team. All-Time at Comerica Park: 31-34 which ranks ed for second in the American League. *Guided the Twins to six postseason appearances All-Time at Toronto: 90-124 Castellanos also ranks third in the AL with 103 hits, (2002-04, 2006, 2009-10), including a berth in the fi h with 26 doubles, seventh with 174 total bases, 2002 American League Championship Series...was the 2018 Game Log ed for eighth with three triples and 42 extra-base fi rst manager in MLB history to guide his team to the Date Site Result Winner/Loser/Save hits and 10th with a .310 (103x332) ba ng average. postseason in six of his fi rst nine seasons. 6/1 DET W, 5-2 Hardy/García/Greene Over his last 14 games, Castellanos has a slash line *Named the BBWAA American League Manager of the 6/2 DET W, 7-4 Coleman/Oh/Jiménez of .340/.407/.811 with 10 runs scored, four doubles, Year in 2010...also fi nished runner-up for the honor on 6/3 DET L, 8-4 Sanchez/Fulmer seven home runs and 19 RBI. fi ve occasions. 6/29 TOR L, 3-2 Stroman/Liriano/Clippard AIR JORDAN: Jordan Zimmermann ed his longest 6/30 TOR L, 4-3 Oh/Jiménez TIGERS ON THE DL: RHP Johnny Barbato (right ou ng of the season yesterday, tossing 7.0 innings and shoulder rotator cuff tendini s, 10-day DL on June 23); 7/1 TOR W, 9-1 Zimmermann/Happ giving up just one run on fi ve hits and six strikeouts. Over 7/2 TOR 1B Miguel Cabrera (ruptured le biceps tendon, 10- his last fi ve starts, Zimmermann has posted a 2-0 record day DL on June 13); LHP Ryan Carpenter (right oblique TIGERS STREAKS with a 1.24 ERA (29.0IP/4ER) and 23 strikeouts. With strain, 10-day DL on June 1); RHP Shane Greene (right Zimmermann’s ou ng, it marked the fi h straight game shoulder strain, 10-day DL on July 2); OF Leonys MarƟ n Last fi ve games: 1-4 that a Tigers pitcher has thrown 6.0-or-more innings, Last 10 games: 1-9 (le hamstring strain, 10-day DL on July 2); LHP Daniel the longest streak since July 28-August 2, 2017, when Norris (le groin strain, 60-day DL on April 30); RHP Last 15 games: 4-11 they had six consecu ve starts of at least 6.0 innings. Last 20 games: 7-13 Drew VerHagen (nasal fracture, 10-day DL on June 20). GOODY TWO SHOES: Niko Goodrum recorded the fi rst four-hit game of his Major League career yesterday, THIS DATE IN TIGERS HISTORY going 4x4 with three runs scored and a double. Prior to 1911 - Ty Cobb extends his hi ng streak to 40 yesterday’s four-hit performance, Goodrum had been THE DISTRICT DETROIT games as the Tigers defeat Cleveland, 14-6. just 2x30 in his previous nine games. Goodrum became The District Detroit is a dynamic urban des na on in 1970 - Joe Niekro carries a no hi er into the ninth the fourth Tigers player to have four hits in a game this the heart of Detroit. One that includes something for everyone—a dense neighborhood experience with a inning against the Yankees before allowing a single season, joining Miguel Cabrera, Jeimer Candelario and Nicholas Castellanos. variety of developments alongside Detroit’s premier sports to Horace Clarke.