It has been a rough week for the Detroit Tigers, having lost five of their last seven since last Friday between the Toronto Blue Jays, Minnesota Twins and Oakland Athletics. The Motor City Kitties now turn their attention to a National League team from nearby Ohio, the Cincinnati Reds, who host them this weekend at the Great American Ballpark for a three-game set.
Entering the Friday, the two teams sport mirror-image records with Detroit mired in third place among its American League Central peers while the Reds sit in a distant second behind the Milwaukee Brewers in the National League Central.