DETROIT – Detroit Tigers MVP slugger Miguel Cabrera will host the 11th annual “Keeping Kids in the Game” event, presented by Delta Air Lines on Monday, July 22 at Comerica Park. Proceeds from the event support children’s health and youth baseball programs facilitated by the Children’s Foundation, the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, the Detroit Tigers Foundation, an affiliate of Ilitch Charities and the Miguel Cabrera Foundation, a charity established by Miguel and Rosangel Cabrera. Tickets for this event are sold out.

The event, the Detroit Tigers Foundation’s signature summer fundraiser, features exclusive ballpark and field access, including self-guided tours of the home clubhouse, a VIP Dugout Photo Station and a private firework show. Guests at the event will also be treated to live entertainment, extraordinary auction items (to view and bid on auction items, text the word “Tigers” to 52182) and a strolling dinner, along with beverages and cigars in the MotorCity Casino Hotel Tiger Club and Cigar Lounge. In addition, an exclusive VIP reception will be held in the Tigers home clubhouse, presented by ISE Baseball. This is a ticketed event and not open to the public.

While patrons and guests are enjoying the event festivities, the Detroit Tigers Foundation will host over 200 patients and family members from Children’s Hospital of Michigan and C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital for a special night under the lights at Comerica Park. The children and their families will enjoy dinner in the FOX Sports Detroit Brushfire Grill, have access to the playing field, dugouts and clubhouse, as well as enjoy face painters, balloon and temporary tattoo artists, ride the Fly Ball Ferris Wheel and meet special guests, including Tigers mascot PAWS and members of the 2019 Detroit Tigers. The children are invited through their respective Hospital Child Life departments.