Tigers host the Braves on 4-game home skid

Atlanta Braves (70-83, fourth in the NL East) vs. Detroit Tigers (85-68, first in the AL Central)

Detroit; Friday, 6:40 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Braves: Bryce Elder (7-10, 5.56 ERA, 1.45 WHIP, 118 strikeouts); Tigers: Charlie Morton (9-10, 5.56 ERA, 1.54 WHIP, 146 strikeouts)

BOTTOM LINE: The Detroit Tigers play the Atlanta Braves looking to end their four-game home slide.

Detroit has an 85-68 record overall and a 46-32 record at home. The Tigers are 62-7 in games when they have more hits than their opponents.

Atlanta has gone 34-44 in road games and 70-83 overall. The Braves are 34-18 in games when they did not give up a home run.

The teams meet Friday for the first time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Riley Greene has 31 doubles, a triple, 34 home runs and 108 RBIs while hitting .261 for the Tigers. Spencer Torkelson is 12 for 38 with a double and a home run over the last 10 games.

Matt Olson leads the Braves with 69 extra base hits (39 doubles, two triples and 28 home runs). Ronald Acuna is 14 for 37 with a double, two home runs and three RBIs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Tigers: 3-7, .212 batting average, 4.40 ERA, outscored by two runs

Braves: 6-4, .264 batting average, 3.76 ERA, outscored opponents by 11 runs

INJURIES: Tigers: Colt Keith: day-to-day (back), Sawyer Gipson-Long: 15-Day IL (neck), Beau Brieske: 60-Day IL (forearm), Kyle Finnegan: 15-Day IL (abductor), Matt Vierling: 10-Day IL (oblique), Reese Olson: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Sean Guenther: 60-Day IL (hip), Jackson Jobe: 60-Day IL (flexor), Jason Foley: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Alex Cobb: 60-Day IL (hip), Ty Madden: 60-Day IL (shoulder)

Braves: Aaron Bummer: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Sean Murphy: 60-Day IL (hip), Jake Fraley: 10-Day IL (oblique), Daysbel Hernandez: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Austin Riley: 60-Day IL (abdominal), Grant Holmes: 60-Day IL (elbow), Spencer Schwellenbach: 60-Day IL (elbow), AJ Smith-Shawver: 60-Day IL (calf/elbow), Reynaldo Lopez: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Joe Jimenez: 60-Day IL (knee)

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