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 (55-82) at Chicago White Sox (55-82) Monday, September 3, 2018 • Guaranteed Rate Field, Chicago, IL • 2:10 p.m. ET RHP Michael Fulmer (3-10, 4.71) vs. RHP Reynaldo López (5-9, 4.51) Game #138 • Road Game #70 • TV: FOX Sports Detroit • Radio: 97.1 The Ticket RECENT RESULTS: The Tigers earned a series split TIGERS AND WHITE SOX: The Tigers and White Sox TIGERS AT A GLANCE against the Yankees with an 11-7 win on Sunday renew acquaintances for the fi nal me this season as Overall ............................................................. 55-82 a ernoon at Yankee Stadium. Victor Reyes had a they begin a three-game series this a ernoon. Detroit Current Streak ...................................................W1 career-high four hits, including his fi rst Major League is 10-6 against Chicago (AL) this season, clinching At Comerica Park ...........................................34-34 home run, and ed a career high with three RBI, while the season series for the eighth me in the last On the Road...................................................21-48 Nicholas Castellanos added three hits, including a two- nine seasons. The Tigers are 6-0 at Guaranteed Rate Day games .....................................................29-34 run homer, his 20th of the season. Ronny Rodriguez Field this season, and their six-game winning streak Night games ...................................................26-48 contributed three hits and two RBI, and Dawel Lugo in Chicago is the longest for the club since July 15, vs. LH star ng pitchers ..................................17-18 also had three hits with a RBI. Ma hew Boyd started 1979-August 26, 1980, when they also won six in a row. vs. RH star ng pitchers ..................................38-64 for Detroit and earned his ninth win of the season, CENTRAL FOCUS: The Tigers are 26-34 against American vs. AL East ......................................................15-17 allowing three runs on fi ve hits with one walk and six League Central opponents this season. Detroit has vs. AL Central .................................................26-34 strikeouts in 6.0 innings. The Tigers begin the fi nal leg gone 10-6 vs. Chicago (AL), 4-12 vs. Cleveland, 6-7 vs. vs. AL West ....................................................10-21 of their three-city, nine-game road trip today as they Minnesota and 6-9 vs. Kansas City. Detroit has fi nished vs. NL ...............................................................4-10 open a three-game series at Chicago (AL). Following with a winning record against AL Central teams in eight Tigers score fi rst ............................................36-34 the series against the White Sox, Detroit returns home of the last nine seasons. Opponents score fi rst ....................................19-48 for a six-game homestand, which includes three games NOTES ON THE SKIPPER: Ron Gardenhire is in his fi rst Scoring fi ve-or-more runs ..............................34-15 vs. St. Louis (September 7-9) and three games vs. season as the Tigers manager a er being named to the Scoring four-or-less runs ................................21-67 Houston (September 10-12). posi on on October 20, 2017. Extra innings ......................................................5-5 TO THE VICTOR GOES THE SPOILS: Victor Reyes had a *Enters today’s game with a 55-82 (.401) record as the One-run games ..............................................19-23 career day at the plate on Sunday, hi ng his fi rst Major Tigers manager and a 1,123-1,121 (.500) career record Two-run games ..............................................11-15 League home run and fi nishing the game 4x5 with two as a manager, which is the eighth-most wins among Tigers get quality start ...................................27-23 doubles and a career-high-tying three RBI. Reyes, who ac ve managers and ranks 53rd in baseball history. Tigers starter works 6+ innings ......................28-33 entered yesterday’s game with fi ve extra-base hits in *Earned the 1,100th win of his managerial career on Lead a er 6th/7th/8th inning ....... 41-9/44-5/48-2 81 career games, established a career high with three June 13 vs. Minnesota. Trail a er 6th/7th/8th inning ........ 8-60/6-64/3-70 extra-base hits. *Spent the 2017 season as the bench coach for the Tied a er 6th/7th/8th inning ........ 6-13/5-13/4-10 THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT: Four Tigers rookies combined Arizona Diamondbacks, who captured a Na onal Tigers out hit opponent .................................37-24 for 11 hits and seven RBI in yesterday’s game as Niko League Wild Card spot and advanced to the Na onal Opponent out hits Tigers ...............................15-51 Goodrum had a hit and a RBI, Dawel Lugo had three League Division Series. Tigers and opponent have equal hits ................3-7 hits and a RBI, Victor Reyes had four hits and three RBI *Served as manager of the Minnesota Twins from Tigers hit home run .......................................40-38 and Ronny Rodriguez added three hits and two RBI. 2002-14 and is the winningest manager in Twins Tigers do not hit a home run .........................15-44 According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the 11 hits were history, pos ng a record of 1,068-1,039 (.507) over his Come-from-behind wins .....................................24 the second-most by Tigers rookies in a single game in 13 seasons...is one of 10 managers in baseball history franchise history, trailing only August 6, 1939 when to win 1,000-or-more games with a single team. TIGERS VS. WHITE SOX Fred Hutchinson (4), Frank Croucher (3), Benny McCoy *Guided the Twins to six postseason appearances 2018 Record: 10-6 (3) and Barney McCosky (2) combined for 12 hits in the (2002-04, 2006, 2009-10), including a berth in the 2018 at Home: 4-6 fi rst game of a doubleheader vs. Boston. The 11 hits by 2002 American League Championship Series...was the 2018 at Chicago (AL): 6-0 rookies were the most in a game for a Major League fi rst manager in MLB history to guide his team to the All-Time Record: 1097-1055-15 team this season, and the most since September 14, postseason in six of his fi rst nine seasons. All-Time at Home: 582-493-5 2017 when the White Sox had 12 hits by rookies in a *Named the BBWAA American League Manager of the All-Time at Comerica Park: 91-84 game at Detroit. Year in 2010...also fi nished runner-up for the honor on All-Time at Chicago (AL): 515-562-10 DANDY DAWEL: Dawel Lugo posted the second three- fi ve occasions. hit game of his Major League career and recorded his MUD HENS WIN DIVISION TITLE: For the fi rst me 2018 Game Log fi rst big league RBI in Sunday’s game. Lugo, who was since 2007, Triple A Toledo has clinched a spot in the Date Site Result Winner/Loser/Save playing in the fourth game of his Major League career Interna onal League playoff s as they won the West 4/5 CWS W, 9-7 (13) Jiménez/Infante/Greene yesterday, is the fourth Tigers player since 1908 to have Division tle on Sunday. The Mud Hens will face 4/7 CWS W, 6-1 Fulmer/Giolito mul ple three-hit games in the fi rst four games of his Durham in the best-of-fi ve semifi nal series, which 4/8 CWS W, 1-0 Fiers/López/Greene big league career and the fi rst since Tim Corcoran in begins Wednesday at Fi h Third Field in Toledo. 5/25 DET W, 5-4 Farmer/Rondón/Greene 1977. TIGERS ON THE DL: 1B Miguel Cabrera (ruptured le 5/26 DET L, 8-4 San ago/Liriano NICK THE STICK: Nicholas Castellanos recorded his biceps tendon, 60-day DL on June 13); C John Hicks 5/27 DET W, 3-2 Hardy/Shields/Greene 16th three-hit game of the season yesterday, going 3x5 (right groin strain, 10-day DL on August 8, retroac ve to 6/15 CWS W, 4-3 Farmer/Minaya/Greene with a double, a home run and two RBI. Castellanos’ August 7); SS José Iglesias (lower abdominal strain, 10- 6/16 CWS W, 7-5 Farmer/Fry/Greene 16 three-hit performances are the third most in the day DL on August 30); RHP ArƟ e Lewicki (right elbow 6/17 CWS W, 3-1 Hardy/Shields/Jiménez Majors, trailing only Sea le’s Jean Segura (19) and infl amma on, 10-day DL on August 15, retroac ve to 8/13 DET W, 9-5 Coleman/Gómez Cincinna ’s Scooter Genne (17). His home run August 14). 8/14 DET L, 6-3 Giolito/Hardy/Cedeño on Sunday was his 20th of the season, marking his 8/15 DET L, 6-5 Rodón/Zimmermann/Avilán second consecu ve 20-homer season. Castellanos 8/23 DET W, 7-2 Boyd/Shields has hit safely in eight of his last 11 games, ba ng 8/24 DET L, 6-3 Vieira/Jiménez .356/.408/.556 with seven runs scored, three doubles, THE DISTRICT DETROIT 8/25 DET L, 6-1 Giolito/Carpenter two home runs and fi ve RBI during that stretch. The District Detroit is a dynamic urban des na on in the heart of Detroit. One that includes something for 8/26 DET L, 7-2 Kopech/Zimmermann/Fry McCANN, CASTELLANOS VS. LÓPEZ: James McCann 9/3 CWS everyone—a dense neighborhood experience with a and Nicholas Castellanos have had success against variety of developments alongside Detroit’s premier sports 9/4 CWS today’s White Sox starter, Reynaldo López.