Tigers Today: April 12, 2010

Tigers’ Record: 5-1

Today’s Game

Tigers vs. Royals | 1:05 p.m. ET – Comerica Park | On the air: FSD/1270 & 97.1

Pitching Matchup

Max Scherzer (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. Luke Hochevar (0-0, 0.00 ERA)

Yesterday’s Results

Tigers 9 – Indians 8

• W: Eddie Bonine (1-0)
• L: Chris Perez (0-1)

Tigers History Lesson

Today’s Birthdays

• Charlie Lau (d. 1984)

On this Date in Tigers History

• 2003 – The Tigers win for the first time this season, getting a three-run homer from Shane Halter to beat the White Sox, 4-3. The 1-9 Tigers are the only team since 1900 to start back-to-back seasons with nine straight losses. They started 0-11 in 2002. In case you’ve forgotten, the Tigers would win only 42 more times that season.

• 1977 – The Tigers traded Willie Horton to the Rangers for RHP Steve Foucault
• 1960 – The Tigers acquired Norm Cash from the Indians for INF Steve Demeter