Tigers Today: July 26, 2010

Tigers’ Record:

51-46, 3rd place; 2 GB Chicago

Today’s Game

Tigers @ Rays | 7:10 p.m. ET – Tropicana Field | On the air: FSD/AM 1270 and 97.1 FM

Pitching Matchup

Max Scherzer (7-7) vs. Matt Garza (10-5)

Yesterday’s Results

Game 1: Blue Jays 5 – Tigers 3

• W: Scott Downs (4-5)
• L: Jose Valverde (1-2)
• HR: Danny Worth (2)

Game 2: Tigers 6 – Blue Jays 5

• W: Phil Coke (6-1)
• L: Jason Frasor (3-3)
• Save: Jose Valverde (21)

Tigers History Lesson

Today’s Birthdays

• Jody Reed, 48

On this Date in Tigers History

• 1968 — The Tigers acquired RHP Don McMahon from the White Sox for RHP Dennis Ribant.

• 1916 — Harry Heilmann gets an appreciative hand from the home crowd for having dived into the Detroit River the night before to save a woman from drowning.