TIGERS AT A GLANCE
Record: 24-23 / Streak: W2
Game # 48 / Home # 21
Home:12-8 / Road: 12-15
TV/Radio
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TIGERS VS. RAYS
2011 Record: 1-0
2011 at Home: 1-0
2011 at Tampa Bay: 0-0
All-Time Record: 47-50
All-Time at Home: 25-24
All-Time at Comerica Park: 22-19
All-Time at Tampa Bay: 22-26
2011 Game Log
Date Site Result Winner/Loser/Save
5/23 DET W, 6-3 Furbush/Hellickson
5/24 DET
5/25 DET
8/22 TB
8/23 TB
8/24 TB
8/25 TB
STREAKS
Last five games: 2-3
Last 10 games: 5-5
Last 15 games: 9-6
Last 20 games: 12-8
DETROIT TIGERS (24-23)
RHP Justin Verlander (4-3, 2.96)vs. TAMPA BAY RAYS (26-22)
RHP Wade Davis (4-4, 3.47)
RECENT RESULTS:
Park. Charlie Furbush (1-0) earned the win for Detroit, blanking the Rays in 3.2
innings of work. Andy Dirks belted a solo home run for the Tigers, while Victor
Martinez and Jhonny Peralta both finished with a hit and two RBI. The Tigers
continue a 10-game homestand this evening with the second game of a three-game
series versus Tampa Bay. The homestand continues with a four-game series with
Boston and a three-game series with Minnesota.
VICTOR’S ON THE MARK AGAINST THE RAYS:
game versus Tampa Bay hitting .383 (87x227) with 15 doubles, eight home runs
and 43 RBI in 57 games during his career against the club. He is tops among all
active major league players with a .383 batting average against the Rays.
PERALTA PACKS A PUNCH VERSUS TAMPA BAY:
against Tampa Bay batting .321 (70x218) with 11 doubles, two triples, 10 home
runs and 38 RBI in 59 games during his career versus the club. He is seventh
among all active major league players with a .321 batting average versus Tampa
Bay.
PITCHING IN AT HOME:
(135.0IP/41ER) over the last 15 games at home dating back to April 13. The Tigers
are third among American League clubs with a 3.05 ERA (180.0IP/61ER) at home
this season.
JHONNY ON THE SPOT:
a triple, six home runs and 18 RBI over his last 24 games dating back to April 22.
He is fifth among all American League players with a .584 slugging percentage during
that stretch, while he is tied for sixth with six home runs.
Jhonny Peralta is batting .326 (29x89) with three doubles,FOR STARTERS:
(247.0IP/76ER) over the last 37 games. Club starters are tied for third in the
American League with 19 wins this season, while they are tied for fourth with 30
quality starts and are fourth with a 3.41 ERA.
GAME BALL DELIVERY:
Zultak of the United States Army from Farmington Hills, Michigan. Captain Zultak
served as a Rifle Platoon Leader while deployed in Iraq and has received the
Valorous Unit Award, the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Expert Infantryman
Badge, Ranger Tab, Senior Parachutist Badge and Canadian Parachutist Badge.
VERLANDER’S VICTORY FOR VETERANS:
Justin Verlander will host injured Veterans and their families from the John D.
Dingell Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Detroit and the Veterans Affairs Ann
Arbor Healthcare System in his private luxury suite.
TONIGHT’S TIDBITS
• Tonight’s national anthem will be performed
by Lynnae Winnie.
• Tonight’s first pitch will be thrown out by
World Champion Ice Dancers, Meryl
Davis and Charlie White, and a Kid’s Club
Raffle winner.
