Tigers Today: October 2, 2010

Tigers’ Record:

80-80, 3rd Place; 13.5 GB

Today’s Game

Tigers @ Orioles | 7:05 p.m. ET – Oriole Park at Camden Yards | On the air: FSD/AM 1270 and 97.1 FM

Pitching Matchup

Armando Galarraga (4-8, 4.58 ERA) vs. Brian Matusz (9-12, 4.30 ERA)

Yesterday’s Results

Game 1: Orioles 10 – Tigers 6

• W: Chris Tillman (2-5)
• L: Jeremy Bonderman
• HR: Don Kelly (8)

Game 2: Orioles 2 – Tigers 1

• W: Jeremy Guthrie (11-14)
• L: Rick Porcello (10-12)
• HR: Don Kelly (9)

Tigers History Lesson

Today’s Birthdays

• Matt Walbeck, 41

• Dave Beard, 51

• Earl Wilson (1934-2005)

On this Date in Tigers History

• 2009 — The Tigers lost to Jake Peavy and the White Sox 8-0, leaving them just one game ahead of the Twins with two to play. Edwin Jackson took the loss for the Tigers.

• 1974 — Al Kaline announces his retirement. During his 22-year career with the Tigers, Kaline compiled 3,007 hits and 399 home runs. He also batted .379 in the 1968 World Series.

• 1968 — Bob Gibson of the St. Louis Cardinals strikes out 17 Tigers. Gibson sets the World Series record for most strikeouts in a single game, set on this day in 1963 by Sandy Koufax, and leads the Cardinals to a 4-0 victory over Tigers ace and Cy Young Award winner Denny McLain.