DETROIT TIGERS NOTES:

TIGERS SWEPT IN THURSDAY TWIN BILL: The Tigers lost both games to the Angels on Thursday, dropping the first game, 6-0, and the second game, 11-4. Michael Lorenzen started the first game, allowing three runs on five hits with a walk and seven strikeouts in 5.0 innings. Kerry Carpenter had the only hit of the game. In the nightcap, Zach McKinstry went 2×4 with a double and a RBI, while Zack Short also had two hits. Matt Manning started and gave up seven runs on seven hits with one walk and five strikeouts in 5.0 innings.

ROSTER MOVES: The Tigers have announced the following roster moves:
*Following yesterday’s doubleheader, optioned LHP Zach Logue to Triple A Toledo
*RHP Trey Wingenter, who served as the 27th man for the second game of yesterday’s doubleheader, remains on the roster

MIGGY BACK IN MIAMI: Miguel Cabrera will play his final series against his original team this weekend. Cabrera played with the Marlins from 2003-07, hitting .313/.388/.542 with 183 doubles, 10 triples, 138 home runs and 523 RBI in 720 games. He was a member of the Marlins’ 2003 World Series team and was named to four National League All-Star Teams during his time with Miami.

MORE ON MIGGY: Miguel Cabrera went 1×4 in the second game of yesterday’s doubleheader against the Angels, recording the 3,134th hit of his Major League career. The single was also the 5,309th total base of his career, tying Adrián Beltré for 14th in MLB history. He’s now seven hits shy of tying Tony Gwynn for 20th in big league history. Since May 30, Cabrera is hitting .323/.396/.427 with seven doubles, a home run and 10 RBI. Among American League hitters with at least 100 plate appearances in that span, he ranks 10th in on-base percentage.

ON THE ROAD: The Tigers tonight begin a five-game road trip, which includes three games at Miami (July 28-30) and two games at Pittsburgh (August 1-2). Detroit is 24-27 on the road this season and is 12-6 in its last 18 games away from Comerica Park. The Tigers are hitting .220/.288/.360 on the road this season, while the pitching staff has a 4.23 ERA (442.2IP/208ER).

TIGERS AND MARLINS: The Tigers and Marlins begin their only series of the season tonight. The two teams last played in 2019 with Miami sweeping a three-game series at Comerica Park. The Marlins hold an 11-8 advantage in the alltime series, including a 3-2 edge at loanDepot Park.

INTERLEAGUE ACTION: The Tigers continue their interleague schedule tonight against the Marlins. Detroit is 16-16 against National League foes this season, including a 5-7 record against NL East teams. The Tigers have finished with a winning record against NL opponents in each of the last two seasons.

TIGERS ON THE IL:

• LHP Tyler Alexander (left lat/shoulder strain, 60-day IL on July 4, retroactive to July 3)
• LHP Matthew Boyd (left elbow sprain, 60-day IL on June 27)
• RHP Mason Englert (left hip tightness, 15-day IL on July 24, retroactive to July 23)
• OF Austin Meadows (anxiety, 60-day IL on April 8, retroactive to April 7)
• RHP Casey Mize (right elbow sprain, 60-day IL on February 17)
• RHP Freddy Pacheco (right elbow sprain, 60-day IL on March 27)
• RHP Spencer Turnbull (neck discomfort, 60-day IL on May 12, retroactive to May 7)
• RHP Will Vest (right lower leg strain, 15-day IL on June 27)

TONIGHT’S TIGERS STARTING PITCHER

45 Reese Olson • 1-4, 4.53 ERA (43.2IP/22ER)

• Olson will make the 11th appearance and eighth start of his Major League career tonight in the series opener at Miami.
• Most recent start was last Friday against San Diego, allowing five runs on seven hits with two walks and five strikeouts in 5.0 innings.
• Will be making his first career appearance against the Marlins and at loanDepot Park tonight.
• Earned his first big league win on June 24 vs. Minnesota, allowing one run on four hits with a walk and nine strikeouts in 5.1 innings… became the 11th Tigers pitcher since 1901 to strike out nine-or-more batters in one of his first five Major League games (last, Tyler Alexander, July 27, 2019 at Seattle).
• Made his Major League debut on June 2 at Chicago (AL), allowing two runs on two hits with one walk and six strikeouts in 5.0 innings… carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning until allowing a single to Romy Gonzalez…according to the Elias Sports Bureau, he became the first Tigers pitcher to throw at least 5.0 no-hit innings in his debut since Bill Slayback pitched 7.0 hitless innings on June 26, 1972 vs. New York (AL).
• Has started 10 games for Triple A Toledo this season, posting a 2-3 record with a 6.38 ERA (36.2IP/26ER) and 47 strikeouts.

MIAMI MARLINS NOTES:

MARLINS MINUTE
The Marlins tonight begin a 7-game homestand with the first of three games vs. Detroit. The ‘stand continues on Monday with a four-game series against the Phillies. Are coming off a brief two-game road-trip split at Tampa Bay.

NEW FISH ON THE POND
The Marlins this week acquired two former All-Star relievers, RHP Jorge López and RHP David Robertson.

• On Wednesday, July 26, Miami acquired 2022 AL All-Star reliever Jorge López from Minnesota in exchange for RHP Dylan Floro. Born in Caguas, Puerto Rico, López pitched for Team Puerto Rico in the 2023 World Baseball Classic at loanDepot park and made 3 scoreless relief appearances. López, 30, posted a 1.62 ERA and 17 saves during his All-Star 2022 season, holding opponents to a .167 avg. and .517 OPS over 40 games w/ Baltimore before being acquired by Minnesota on Aug. 2. Made 37 apps w/ Minnesota in 2023, recording 24 scoreless outings and 6 holds, holding LH batters to a .178 avg.
• Early Friday morning, July 28, the Marlins announced they acquired 2009 World Series champion and 2011 AL All-Star reliever David Roberston from the New York Mets in exchange for Minor League prospects C Ronald Hernández and INF Marco Vargas. Robertson, 38, has gone 4-2 with a 2.05 ERA (44.0 IP/10 ER) in 40 relief appearances with the Mets this season, recording 14 saves in 17 opportunities. He has held opponents to a .199 average and boasts a 1.00 WHIP. Across 771 career games (one start) in the Majors, he has a 61-38 record and a 2.84 ERA, with 171 saves. He has struck out 1025 batters compared to just 318 walks and owns 40 MLB Postseason appearances

FISH BYTES

• The Marlins are tied for their 2nd-best start to a season through the club’s first 103 games (55-48, .534), with the 2016 team. The only better start came in 1997 (58-45, .563).
• Miami ranks 4th in MLB with a .263 AVG trailing only TEX (.275), ATL (.266) and BOS (.266). Ranked 27th last year.
• Have recorded 42 games this season in which they collected 10+ hits, the 2nd-most in the NL, behind St. Louis (44).
• The Marlins pitching staff leads the National League with 971 strikeouts.
• Miami owns the 2nd-best record in Interleague play among MLB teams, at 21-11 (.656).

WELCOME BACK, MIGGY
Miguel Cabrera this weekend makes his final on-field visit to Miami and loanDepot park. Originally signed by the Marlins at the age of 16 on July 2, 1999, out of Maracay, Venezuela, as an International free agent, Miggy played in 5 Major League seasons with the Marlins, batting .313 (842×2694) with 449 runs, 138 home runs, and 523 RBI.

• Was a 4-time All-Star with the Marlins, the most selections to the Midsummer Classic by any player in franchise history.
• Hit a walk-off HR for his first career hit in his first MLB game on June 20, 2003 – a 2-run shot in the 11th inn. off TB’s Al Levine.
• In 9 career games against the Marlins, has gone 15×34 (.441) with 4 runs, 2 home runs, and 10 RBI. Has played just 4 career games at loanDepot park (.438, 7×16).

***Prior to tonight’s game, the Marlins will recognize Cabrera with a special pre-game ceremony, giving him a few Little Havana staples – a customized humidor and accompanying cigar box along with a custom painted bottle of Santa Teresa rum. Joining Marlins alumni on the field will be Amanda Echevarria and Ariel Trueba – both of whom have excelled in their studies and careers thanks to financial assistance from the Miguel Cabrera Family Scholarship fund.

WEDNESDAY’S RECAP
Miami returned to the win column with a 7-1 victory at Tampa Bay. RHP Sandy Alcantara hurled a complete game for the win, holding the Rays to just 1 run on 5 hits with 1 walk and 7 strikeouts. Needed just 97 pitches to complete the feat. Five Marlins collected multi-hit games (Arraez, Hampson, Gurriel, Berti and Stallings). LF Bryan De La Cruz (1×5) hit his 13th homer of the season. 3B Jon Berti (2×3) scored 3 runs.

• Wednesday’s win at Tropicana Field snapped the Marlins’ 10-game road losing streak, 8-game losing streak against the Rays, and 7-game skid in St. Petersburg.

ENTER SANDMAN
RHP Sandy Alcantara on Wednesday at Tampa Bay hurled his 11th career complete game – almost twice as many as any other pitcher since 2019 (Adam Wainwright-6). Was his 2nd complete game win of the season (also Apr. 4 v. MIN), joining TEX’s Nathan Eovaldi as the only two pitchers to throw multiple complete game wins in 2023.

• In addition to the charts to the right, Wednesday’s win tied Alcantara with Jose Fernandez (38) for the 9th most in franchise history. His 131 starts are tied with A.J. Burnett (131) for the 7th-most by a Marlins pitcher. Ranks 4th in Marlins history in CG wins, behind only Dontrelle Willis (13), A.J. Burnett (12), and Kevin Brown (10).

LA REGADERA
2B Luis Arraez leads MLB with his .376 AVG (141×375), .425 OBP, and 141 hits. Has a career-high 50 RBI in 2023 (surpassed previous high of 49 in 2022).

• Is hitting .481 (37×77) with RISP, also the best mark among qualifiers.
• Marks the most hits and highest AVG by a Marlin through his first 97 games of a season. Looks to become the 1st player to record at least 150 hits before playing 100 games in a season since Ichiro in 2009 with Seattle.
• His 40 multi-hit games are the 2nd most in MLB. Has a Major League-most 14 games of at least 3 hits. Owns 6 games with at least 4 hits this year, most in the Majors and most ever by a Marlins player in a single season.
• Is one of only 8 batters since 1990 to hit .376 or higher through his team’s first 103 gms of a season and the first since Nomar Garciaparra in 2000 (.391).

HOMEBOYS
The Marlins are 31-20 at loanDepot park this season. The .608 home winning percentage is 5th-highest in the Majors, with the 31 wins marking the second-most by any NL team behind Atlanta (32). Have won 8 of their last 12 games in Miami.

LONG TIME, NO SEE
The Marlins are welcoming the Tigers to Miami for the first time since 2016 and just the third time to loanDepot park. Have gone 5-3 here against Detroit and are 11-8 all-time vs. the Tigers.

TODAY’S STARTER – #29 BRAXTN GARRETT

• Braxton Garrett, 25, will make his 20th start (21st app.) of the season today. Will mark his first career start against the Detroit Tigers.
• In his most recent start on July 21 vs. Colorado, allowed 6 runs (3 home runs) on 7 hits with 5 strikeouts over 3.0 innings. Marked his first loss after 12 consecutive starts without recording a loss from May 14 – July 15.
• In 5 Interleague starts this season, has gone 3-0 with a 3.51 ERA (25.2/10) and 25 strikeouts.
• Leads all NL starting pitchers with a 6.94 (111/16) K/BB ratio (min. 100.0 IP).
• Has allowed 3 runs of fewer in 7 of his last 10 starts. Has held opponents to 1 or 0 ER in 10 of his 19 starts; tied for second among NL starting pitchers.
• The Marlins are 14-5 in Garrett’s starts this year, including 8 straight from May 31 – July 8 before dropping the last 2.
• Finished June with a 3-0 record and a 2.22 ERA (28.1/7), walking just 3 batters while striking out 38 in 5 starts and posting a 0.78 WHIP. The only two players in Club history to finish the month of June with a lower WHIP (min. 25.0 IP) were Jose Fernandez in 2016 (0.70) and Brad Penny in 2001 (0.73).
• Career, RHB vs. Garrett: .278 AVG (190×684), .337 OBP, .806 OPS. LHB vs. Garrett: .236 AVG (49×208), .306 OBP, .647 OPS. Has allowed only 4 HR in 208 AB vs. LHB.
• In 9 starts (10 apps.) at loanDepot park this season, owns a 6.06 ERA (49.0/33) and has gone 2-2 with 57 strikeouts. In 10 starts away, is 3-1 with a 2.65 ERA (51.0/15) and 54 strikeouts.