TIGERS (33-30):

Gose CF
Kinsler 2B
Miggy 1B
Cespedes LF
JD RF
McCann C
Castellanos 3B
Iggy SS
Davis DH

Sanchez P Season: 4-7, 5.16 era (1.28 whip), Lifetime against Reds 1-2, 3.94 era


Reds (28-34):

Phillips 2B
Schumaker DH
Votto 1B
Frazier 3B
Bruce RF
Suarez SS
Barnhart C
Boesch LF
Hamilton CF

Moscot P Season: 1-1, 4.91 era (1.36 whip), Never faced the Tigers


4 game home and home series with the Reds. Tigers are 17-17 at home. Reds are 11-21 on the road. Tigers 6-5 in interleague games and the Reds are 1-7. The Reds have had the worst IL record going back to last year at 7-21 and are just 2-16 in AL parks.

Sanchez gave up six hits in 7 2/3 innings of Tuesday's 6-0 home win over the Cubs for a performance he really needed after going 0-3 with a 7.71 ERA in his previous four. He hasn’t faced the Reds since 2010. Sanchez has given up 13 homers this year. The Reds rank 5th in MLB with 74 homers.

23 year old Moscot is making his 3rd MLB start (1st road start) after surrendering two runs and six hits in six innings of Wednesday's 5-2 win over Philadelphia.

Miggy is batting .458 in his last 16 home games, .385 in 22 home games against the NL since the start of 2013, and he's a career .343 hitter against the Reds. JD has a 13 game hit streak against the NL. Cespedes is hitting .452 on an eight-game hitting streak and is batting .413 in his last 13 at Comerica Park.

Joey Votto is batting .368 in his last 15 games and has a 23 game on base streak. Jay Bruce is hitting .140 in his last six. Billy Hamilton stole 5 bases last night against the Cubs (tying a team record) and giving him the MLB lead with 31.

Tigers activated Rondon from the 15 day DL but optioned him back down to Triple A. The move comes one day after he had another shaky rehab appearance. Rondon has a 10.38 era and a 2.31 whip in 9 rehab appearances.

The forecast for Monday night calls for temperatures in the mid-70's. There is a high chance of thunderstorms from 7-10 p.m.