The Detroit Tigers return home to the comfortable confines of Comerica Park on Tuesday, with a day off separating them from their recent, less-than-successful three-game stint at the Tampa Bay Rays this past weekend.
Next up are the Northern California Athletics, who arrive in the Motor City residing in the basement of the American League West while sitting 14 games behind the division-leading Houston Astros. They own the second-worst run differential in baseball (-127) and are tied for the third-most losses.
While the A’s bring in a two-game losing streak, they actually have six wins in their last 10 games, having swept the Kansas City Royals in three before splitting four with the Houston Astros; they dropped two of three to the Cleveland Guardians last weekend.