Tigers Today: May 14, 2010

Tigers’ Record: 20-15, 2nd place; 2.5 GB of Minnesota

Today’s Game

Tigers vs. Red Sox | 7:05 p.m. ET – Comerica Park | On the air: FSD/AM 1270 & 97.1 FM

Pitching Matchup

Max Scherzer (1-3, 6.81 ERA) vs. RHP Clay Buchholz (3-3, 3.82 ERA)

Yesterday’s Results

Tigers 6 – Yankees 0

• W: Justin Verlander (3-3)
• L: CC Sabathia (4-2)
• HR: Miguel Cabrera (8), Brennan Boesch (3)

Tigers History Lesson

Today’s Birthdays

• Les Moss, 85

On this Date in Tigers History

• 1920 — Walter Johnson wins his 300th game in the Senators’ 9-8 victory over the Tigers.
• 1986 — Joe Sparma, a pitcher on the 1968 Tigers, died at 44.
• 1994 — The Indians’ Paul Shuey struck out four Tigers batters in the ninth inning of the Tribe’s 9-3 win.
• 1996 — The Tigers acquired RHP John Farrell from the Indians for RHP Greg Granger.

• 1973 — The Tigers acquired C Bob Didier from the Braves for C Gene Lamont.