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COMERICA PARK
MOMENTS IN COMERICA PARK HISTORY
Comerica Park is entering its 14th season as the home of the Detroit Tigers. Despite such a short history,
Comerica Park has seen many exciting moments that are part of the fabric of Detroit baseball history.
MIDSUMMER CLASSIC RETURNS TO MOTOWN
The first marquee Major League Baseball event to take place at Comerica
Park was the 2005 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. It marked the
fourth all-star game in Detroit and the first since 1971. The American
League defeated the National League 7-5 behind home runs from Mark
Teixeira and Miguel Tejada. In the home run derby, Bobby Abreu set a
major league record by belting 24 home runs in the first round and 41
home runs over the course of the contest.
PLAYOFF BASEBALL COMES TO COMERICA PARK
After clinching the American League Wild Card during the regular season
and opening the 2006 playoffs at Yankee Stadium, the first playoff game in
the history of Comerica Park was played on October 6, 2006. The Tigers
defeated the Yankees 6-0 and went on to win five of the six games held at
Comerica Park during the 2006 playoffs.
MAGGLIO ORDONEZ BELTS HISTORIC HOME
RUN TO SEND TIGERS TO THE FALL CLASSIC
Tigers right fielder Magglio Ordonez stepped to the
plate in the bottom of the ninth inning with the score
tied at three in Game Four of the 2006 American
League Championship Series. He belted a Huston
Street delivery into the Detroit sky for a gameending
three-run home run that propelled the Tigers
to the club’s first World Series berth since 1984.
WORLD SERIES BASEBALL AT COMERICA PARK
The Tigers have appeared in the World Series twice since Comerica Park opened in 2000.
The Tigers split two games with the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2006 World Series and lost
both games to the San Francisco Giants in the 2012 World Series at Comerica Park.
VERLANDER FIRES SIXTH NO-HITTER IN FRANCHISE HISTORY
Justin Verlander fired the sixth no-hitter in franchise history on June 12, 2007 in a 4-0 victory
over the Milwaukee Brewers. It marked the first no-hitter at Comerica Park and the first nohitter
by a Tigers pitcher in Detroit since Virgil Trucks on May 15, 1952 at Briggs Stadium.
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