LAKELAND, Fla. -- The Detroit Tigers will make a bid for first place -- yes, first place -- in the Grapefruit League when they return to Joker Marchant Stadium on Thursday afternoon.
The Tigers (5-1-1) face the Atlanta Braves (1-5) at 1:05 p.m.
All the regulars will be in the lineup for left-handed starter Ryan Carpenter, while the Braves will be countering with a thinned-down, split-squad lineup for their left-handed starter, Sean Newcomb.
The game will not be televised but will be aired on some radio stations, including WXYT 1270 AM in Detroit.
Tigers lineup
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