A baseball game? Against a new team? In 2020? I had to see it to believe it, but on Tuesday night in Cincinnati, that’s exactly what happened. The Tigers took on the Reds in the first of their two exhibition games, and after going undefeated in intra-squad play, were handed their first loss in the month of July. The teams combined for nine home runs, but ultimately it was the Reds who outslugged the Tigers to a 9-7 victory.
The Tigers raced out to a 5-0 lead in the second inning courtesy of back-to-back-to-back homers from JaCoby Jones, Niko Goodrum, and Jonathon Schoop.