ST GDT: 02-27-11 - TOR @ DET - 1:05 PM

ST GDT: 02-27-11 - TOR @ DET - 1:05 PM




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DETROIT TIGERS VS TORONTO BLUE JAYS
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Joker Marchant Stadium, Lakeland, FL
Game Time - 1:05 p.m.
Radio - 97.1FM/1270AM and MLB Gameday Audio

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TODAY’S 75TH CELEBRATION INFORMATION: The Tigers will celebrate 75 years in Lakeland for Spring Training all throughout the spring. As part of that celebration, Tigers Hall of Famer Al Kaline and Leslie Allsopp (great-great granddaughter of Clare Henley) will both throw out a ceremonial first pitch prior to today’s game.

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TODAY’S STARTERS
RHP Max Scherzer (0-0, 0.00) vs. LHP Marc Rzepczynski (0-0, 0.00)

TODAY’S TIGERS STARTER - MAX SCHERZER
Makes his first start of the spring this afternoon against the Blue Jays...finished sixth in the American League with 8.5 strikeouts per nine innings during the 2010 season...established a career high with 12 wins and 184 strikeouts in 2010 -- according to the Elias Sports Bureau he became just the third pitcher in franchise history to compile at least 12 wins and 180 strikeouts in his first season with the club to join “Wild Bill” Donovan in 1903 (17-16, 187 SO) and Joe Coleman in 1971 (20-9, 236 SO) in accomplishing the feat...tabbed by Jim Leyland to start the club’s home opener on April 8 versus Kansas City at Comerica Park...acquired by the Tigers from the Arizona Diamondbacks on December 9, 2009.
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TIGERS ALSO SCHEDULED TO PITCH:
RHP Brad Penny, RHP Joel Zumaya and RHP Joaquin Benoit

BLUE JAYS ALSO SCHEDULED TO PITCH:
RHP Jesse Litsch, RHP Henderson Alvarez, RHP Winston Abreu, LHP Sean Henn and RHP Alan Farina.

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Next games:
Feb. 28 - NYY at DET (Lakeland) - 1:05 AM - 97.1FM/1270AM
RHP Rick Porcello, RHP Justin Verlander, RHP Ryan Perry, LHP Daniel Schlereth and LHP Charlie Furbush vs. LHP CC Sabathia, LHP Pedro Feliciano, LHP Manuel Banuelos, RHP Mark Prior, RHP Daniel Turpen and LHP Robert Fish.

March 1 - DET (ss) at PHI (Clearwater) 1:05 PM (TCN TV) MLB.TV (MLBN TAPE DELAY 8 PM ET)
RHP Enrique Gonzalez, RHP Alberto Alburquerque, RHP Robbie Weinhardt, LHP Adam Wilk and LHP Fu-Te Ni vs. LHP Cliff Lee, RHP Kyle Kendrick, RHP Eddie Bonine, LHP Dan Meyer, RHP Danys Baez and LHP Mike Zagurski.

March 1 - TOR at DET (ss) (Lakeland) 1:05 PM
LHP Andy Oliver, RHP Jacob Turner, RHP Jose Valverde, LHP Brad Thomas and LHP John Bale vs. LHP Ricky Romero, RHP Zach Stewart, LHP David Purcey, LHP Wilfredo Ledezma, LHP Jesse Carlson and LHP Mike Hinckley.

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