Tigers aim to break 5-game slide, take on the Braves

By Canadian Press on September 21, 2025.

Atlanta Braves (72-83, fourth in the NL East) vs. Detroit Tigers (85-70, first in the AL Central)

Detroit; Sunday, 1:40 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Braves: Spencer Strider (6-13, 4.64 ERA, 1.36 WHIP, 120 strikeouts); Tigers: Casey Mize (14-5, 3.88 ERA, 1.28 WHIP, 126 strikeouts)

BOTTOM LINE: The Detroit Tigers play the Atlanta Braves as losers of five in a row.

Detroit has gone 46-34 in home games and 85-70 overall. The Tigers have a 47-14 record in games when they did not give up a home run.

Atlanta has a 72-83 record overall and a 36-44 record on the road. The Braves are 60-20 in games when they out-hit their opponents.

Sunday’s game is the third time these teams square off this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Gleyber Torres has 21 doubles and 16 home runs for the Tigers. Spencer Torkelson is 15 for 38 with a double, three home runs and six RBIs over the last 10 games.

Drake Baldwin has 15 doubles and 18 home runs for the Braves. Matt Olson is 16 for 39 with four doubles, a triple and five home runs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Tigers: 2-8, .215 batting average, 5.19 ERA, outscored by 20 runs

Braves: 7-3, .278 batting average, 3.76 ERA, outscored opponents by 23 runs

INJURIES: Tigers: Colt Keith: 10-Day IL (rib cage), Sawyer Gipson-Long: 15-Day IL (neck), Beau Brieske: 60-Day IL (forearm), 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: Jake Fraley: 60-Day IL (oblique), Aaron Bummer: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Sean Murphy: 60-Day IL (hip), 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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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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