Tigers Today: April 24, 2010

Tigers’ Record: 9-8, 2nd place; 3 GB of Minnesota

Today’s Game

Tigers @ Rangers | 8:05 p.m. ET – Rangers Ballpark in Arlington | On the air: FSD/AM 1270 & 97.1 FM

Pitching Matchup

Dontrelle Willis (0-1, 4.24 ERA) vs. RHP Scott Feldman (1-1, 4.41 ERA)

Yesterday’s Results

Rangers 5 – Tigers 4

• W: Naftali Perez
• L: Fu-Te Ni (0-1)

Tigers History Lesson

Today’s Birthdays

• Todd Jones, 42
• Bill Krueger, 52

On this Date in Tigers History

• 2009 — Zack Greinke strikes out 10 Tigers in a 6-1 win. The Tigers’ run in the fifth inning is unearned, but it ends Greinke’s streak of 38 consecutive scoreless innings dating back to last season. At this point in the ’09 season, he’s 4-0 with a pristine ERA.
• 1996 — Greg Myers and Paul Molitor each have five RBI as the Twins set a team record for runs and crush the Tigers 24-11.

• 1956 — A.L. umpire Frank Umont, a former NFL tackle for the New York Giants, is the first to wear glasses in a regular season game when he calls a game between the Tigers and Kansas City Athletics.