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Henning: Tigers better be aware of red-hot Braves

Atlanta — Be careful, Tigers.

They survived an Indians series and deluges that made a tense four days at Comerica Park even more grueling. And they’re still scrapping for a playoff ticket.

Now for the irony:

They’re playing the Braves this weekend. You remember them. Last-place team in the National League East. Pretty much everyone’s whipping boy. And, yahoo, Tigers fans might have whooped, Detroit gets to play a gang of doormats precisely at the point Tigers skipper Brad Ausmus’ guys dream of a dandy weekend sweep in their quest to win a wild-card playoff spot next week.