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. Texas Rangers Thursday, May 22, 2014 Comerica Park, Detroit, MI Game Time - 1:08 p.m. EDT RECENT RESULTS: The Tigers lost their third straight game on Wednesday, falling to the Indians 11-10 in 13 innings at Progressive Field. After the Tigers took a 10-9 lead in the TIGERS AT A GLANCE top of the 13th on a solo home run by Alex Avila, the Indians battled back in the bottom of the inning, tying the game on a single by Michael Brantley and winning the game on a Record: 27-15 / Streak: L3 bases loaded balk by Al Alburquerque. Victor Martinez hit his 12th home run of the season Game #43 / Home #22 and went 3x6 with three runs scored and two RBI, while Nick Castellanos added three hits Home: 13-8 / Road: 14-7 and drove in a run. Avila and J.D. Martinez each contributed a home run with Martinez driving in a team-high three runs. Max Scherzer started for Detroit, allowing seven runs on Today’s Scheduled Starters 12 hits, striking out five and walking two in 7.0 innings. Phil Coke took the loss after giving up two runs on two hits, striking out one and walking two in 1.2 innings. The Tigers open a LHP Robbie Ray vs. RHP Yu Darvish four-game weekend series against the Rangers this afternoon Following this weekend’s (1-0, 0.75) (3-2, 2.32) series, Detroit heads back on the road, traveling to Oakland for a four-game series and TV/Radio Seattle for a three-game set. FSD/MLBN/1270 AM & 97.1 FM MIGGY ON THE MARK VS. TEXAS: Miguel Cabrera has put up impressive numbers against the Texas Rangers in his career. Cabrera has a .381 (90x236) career batting TIGERS VS. RANGERS average vs. the Rangers with 21 doubles, one triple, 12 home runs and 61 RBI in 59 games. Cabrera leads all active American League players with a .385 batting average and 2014 Record: 0-0 .648 slugging percentage vs. the Rangers and ranks third with a .438 on base percentage. Cabrera has hit safely in nine of his last 11 games vs. Texas. 2014 at Home: 0-0 2014 at Texas: 0-0 MULTI-HIT IAN: Ian Kinsler recorded his 19th multi-hit game of the season yesterday vs. Cleveland, finishing the game 2x6 with two runs scored. Kinsler leads the American All-Time Record: 350-299 League lead with 19 multi-hit games. All-Time at Home: 186-140 EXTRA, EXTRA: The Tigers played their fifth extra inning game of the season yesterday in All-Time at Comerica Park: 37-27 Cleveland. Detroit now has a 2-3 record in extra innings in 2014. The 13 inning game All-Time at Texas: 164-159 yesterday was the Tigers longest since August 7, 2013, when they played a 14-inning affair at Cleveland. At five hours and 16 minutes, yesterday’s time of game was the Tigers 2014 Game Log longest since playing a five hour and 33 minute game on July 30, 2008 at Cleveland. Date Site Result Winner/Loser/Save KINSLER EXTENDS HITTING STREAK TO SEVEN GAMES: Ian Kinsler had a pair of hits 5/22 DET yesterday to extend his hitting streak to seven games. Over his last seven games, Kinsler 5/23 DET is hitting .364 (12x33) with six runs scored, four doubles and one RBI. 5/24 DET WALK THIS WAY: The Tigers drew a season-high 10 walks in yesterday’s game at 5/25 DET Cleveland. It marked the most walks drawn by the Tigers in a game since April 14, 2011, 6/24 TEX when they walked 11 times at Oakland. 6/25 TEX THREE TIGERS MASHING IN MAY: Miguel Cabrera, Victor Martinez and Ian Kinsler have 6/26 TEX each put up impressive numbers at the plate in the month of May. Cabrera is hitting .378 (28x74) with eight doubles, five home runs and 25 RBI in May. Martinez is batting .364 STREAKS (28x77) with 15 runs scored, seven doubles, eight home runs and 15 RBI, while Kinsler has a .358 (29x81) batting average with seven doubles, two home runs and six RBI in Last five games: 2-3 May. Cabrera’s .378 batting average in May leads the American League, Martinez ranks Last 10 games: 6-4 fourth with a .364 batting average and Kinsler is sixth with a .358 average. Martinez’s Last 15 games: 9-6 eight home runs in May are the second most in the AL. Last 20 games: 14-6 TIGERS AT THE TOP IN HITTING: The Tigers currently lead the American League with a .276 team batting average. Detroit has three of the top 10 hitters in the American League by batting average. Victor Martinez leads the AL with a .329 (53x161) batting average, TIGERS AMONG THE AL LEADERS Miguel Cabrera is third with a .321 (54x168) batting average and Ian Kinsler ranks sixth with a .317 (57x180) average. Batting Average Extra Base Hits Victor Martinez - 1st, .329 Miguel Cabrera - t-5th, 22 THE NEED FOR SPEED: The Tigers enter this afternoon’s game leading the American Miguel Cabrera - 3rd, .321 Victor Martinez - t-5th, 22 League with 38 stolen bases. The 38 steals in 42 games this season already eclipses the Ian Kinsler - 6th, .317 RISP Batting Average 35 steals the Tigers had in all of 2013. Individually, Rajai Davis ranks second in the AL Home Runs Miguel Cabrera - 2nd, .408 with 14 stolen bases. Rajai Davis - 7th, .387 Victor Martinez - 5th, 12 START ME UP: The Tigers starting rotation currently ranks second in the American Runs Batted In Plate App. Per SO League with a 2.98 ERA (256.1IP/85ER) and ranks third in the AL with a .237 opponents Miguel Cabrera - t-3rd, 40 Victor Martinez - 1st, 16.4 Ian Kinsler - 3rd, 13.8 batting average. Dating back to April 26, Tigers starting pitchers have allowed three Multi-Hit Games earned runs or less in 19 of 22 games. During that stretch, Detroit’s starting rotation has a Ian Kinsler - 1st, 19 Earned Run Average major league leading 2.85 ERA (136.0IP/43ER). Max Scherzer - 7th, 2.59 Runs Scored Wins TIGERS TOUGH TO TAME AT HOME: The Tigers enter today’s game against the Rangers Ian Kinsler - t-4th, 31 Rick Porcello - t-1st, 7 having won 97 of the last 146 games at Comerica Park since July 4, 2012. The Tigers lead Hits Max Scherzer - t-3rd, 6 the American League with 97 wins and a .664 winning percentage at home during that Ian Kinsler - 5th, 57 Justin Verlander - t-5th, 5 span. The Tigers are 13-8 at home this season. Miguel Cabrera - 7th, 54 Victor Martinez - t-8th, 53 Saves Joe Nathan - t-3rd, 11 NOTES ON THE SKIPPER: Brad Ausmus is in his first season at the helm for the Tigers Total Bases after being named the 37th manager in Tigers history on November 3, 2013. Victor Martinez - 5th, 99 Games - According to Stats, LLC, became the first manager since Clint Hurdle of Colorado and Miguel Cabrera - t-9th, 90 Al Alburquerque - t-3rd, 23 Jerry Royster of Milwaukee in 2002 to begin his career with four straight wins. Doubles Innings Pitched - Becomes just the 14th manager in Tigers history to have also played at the major league Miguel Cabrera - t-4th, 15 Justin Verlander - t-5th, 66.0 level for Detroit, joining Alan Trammell, Dick Tracewski, Billy Martin, Bob Swift, Billy Ian Kinsler - t-8th, 13 Max Scherzer - t-5th, 66.0 Hitchcock, Fred Hutchinson, Mickey Cochrane, Del Baker, Bucky Harris, George Moriarty, Ty Triples Strikeouts Cobb, Hughie Jennings and Bobby Lowe. Austin Jackson - t-10th, 2 Max Scherzer - 1st, 78 - Spent 18 seasons as a catcher at the major league level with the Padres (1993-96), Stolen Bases Opp. Batting Average Tigers (1996, 1999-2000), Astros (1997-1998, 2001-07) and Dodgers (2009-10)... made Max Scherzer - 9th, .221 eight postseason appearances as a player, including two trips to the American League Rajai Davis - 2nd, 14 Championship Series and one to the World Series. On Base Percentage Fewest Walks/Nine Inn. Victor Martinez - 9th, .383 Rick Porcello - 4th, 1.2 INJURY UPDATE: RHP Joel Hanrahan (right elbow surgery, 15-day DL on May 2), RHP Slugging Percentage Strikeouts/Nine Inn. Luke Putkonen (right elbow inflammation, 15-day DL on April 19), RHP Bruce Rondon Victor Martinez - 1st, .615 Max Scherzer - 3rd, 10.6 (right elbow surgery/UCL reconstruction, 60-day DL on March 29), INF Jose Iglesias Miguel Cabrera - 7th, .536 (bilateral tibial stress fractures, 60-day DL on March 29), OF Andy Dirks (lower back sur- gery/microdiscectomy, 60-day DL on March 29). TIGERS UPCOMING GAME DETAILS TIGERS OPPONENTS DATE OPPONENT GAME TIME PROBABLE PITCHER PROBABLE PITCHER TV/RADIO Friday Texas 7:08 p.m. RHP Anibal Sanchez RHP Scott Baker FSD/1270 & 97.1 (1-2, 2.89) (0-0, 3.38) Saturday Texas 4:08 p.m. RHP Rick Porcello RHP Nick Martinez FS1/1270 & 97.1 (7-1, 2.91) (0-1, 2.28) Sunday Texas 1:08 p.m. RHP Justin Verlander RHP Colby Lewis FSD/1270 & 97.1 (5-3, 3.55) (3-3, 5.40) All times Eastern. Radio coverage on AM 1270 and 97.1 FM The Ticket, unless otherwise noted.