Tigers Today: August 18, 2010

Tigers’ Record:

58-62, 3rd place; 12 GB

Today’s Results

Yankees 9 – Tigers 5

• W: Dustin Moseley (3-2)
• L: Jeremy Bonderman (6-9)
• HR: Miguel Cabrera 2 (30), Don Kelly (3)

Yesterday’s Results

Yankees 6 — Tigers 2

• W: CC Sabathia (16-5)
• L: Justin Verlander (13-8)
• HR: Austin Jackson, Brandon Inge

Tigers History Lesson

Today’s Birthdays

• Bobby Higginson, 40

• Billy Consolo (1934-2008)

On this Date in Tigers History

• 2007 — In a historic first, a player hits a home run off of a pitcher who won a Cy Young Award before the hitter was even born. Roger Clemens is the pitcher, Cameron Maybin the hitter.

• 1984 — Juan Berenguer goes 8-1/3 innings and strikes out 12 to give the Tigers a 4-3 victory over the Mariners. Kirk Gibson drives in three runs with his 20th homer of the year, and becomes the first Tiger ever to reach 20-20 in homers and steals. Gibson’s homer is his 15th game-winning RBI this year.

• 1976 — The Angels nip the Tigers 5-4 in 11 innings. Nolan Ryan works the first 10, fanning 17.

• 1972 — Mickey Lolich regains first place for the Tigers as he beats the Angels and Nolan Ryan 2-0. It is Lolich’s 19th win.

• 1915 — The Tigers acquired RHPs Bill James and Grover Lowdermilk from the Browns for outfielder Baby Doll Jacobson.