Detroit — It wasn’t what it looked like.

What it looked like was Riley Greene, grinding through another hitting lull, taking what might be construed as a drastic measure. He was on the field at 3:30 p.m. taking early batting practice with Spencer Torkelson and Dillon Dingler.

His usual routine, in good times and bad, is doing his pregame work in the cage. Not Friday.

“Not at all,” Greene said. “Just going out and having some fun. I just wanted to see some ball flight, that’s it. See the ball go to where I want it to go and have some fun.”

Greene, who came into the day in a 1-for-21 skid with nine strikeouts, did joke “it is good to know I can still hit baseballs."

But this wasn't any kind of extra grind.

"I love hitting baseballs and I love to see balls go over the fence and go into

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