Tigers Today: June 16, 2010

Tigers’ Record:

34-29, 2nd place; 2.5 GB Minnesota

Today’s Game

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

Pitching Matchup

Justin Verlander (7-4, 3.56 ERA) vs. RHP Livan Hernandez (5-3, 2.28 ERA)

Yesterday’s Results

Tigers 7 – Nationals 4

• W: Max Scherzer (3-6)
• L: John Lannan (2-4)
• Save: Jose Valverde (14)
• HR: Ryan Raburn (1)

Tigers History Lesson

Today’s Birthdays

• Chris Gomez, 39

• Ron LeFlore, 62

On this Date in Tigers History

• 1989 — The Tigers acquired OF Tracy Jones from the Giants for OF Pat Sheridan.