Tigers Today: September 5, 2010

Tigers’ Record:

68-68, 3rd Place; 11 GB

Today’s Game

Tigers @ Royals | 1:05 p.m. ET – Kauffman Stadium | On the air: FSD/AM 1270 and 97.1 FM

Pitching Matchup

Armando Galarraga (4-5, 3.98 ERA) vs. Kyle Davies (6-9, 5.23 ERA)

Yesterday’s Results

Tigers 6 – Royals 4

• W: Rick Porcello (8-11)
• L: Dusty Hughes (1-2)
• HR: Austin Jackson (3)

Tigers History Lesson

Today’s Birthdays

• Rob Richie, 45

• Gene Bearden (1920-2004)

On this Date in Tigers History

• 1994 — Hank Aguirre died at age 63.

• 1984 — Cal Ripken’s first-inning error lets in the only run of the game as the Tigers beat the Orioles, 1-0. Juan Berenguer (8-9) is the winner with Willie Hernandez picking up his 28th save. Mike Flanagan goes the distance in the loss. The Tigers’ magic number is now 15.