DETROIT -- Riley Greene rarely takes batting practice on the field anymore, preferring to take his swings in the cage. On Friday afternoon, however, he joined a couple teammates in early BP in an otherwise quiet Comerica Park.

“The great outdoors were incredible,” Greene said afterwards. “I just wanted to have some fun.”

It wasn’t a slump-busting measure to try to get out of a 1-for-21 August, but he wanted to see the ball fly. He joked that it was good to know that he can still hit a baseball, a sign that his sense of humor is still intact.

And as he reminded a packed crowd at Comerica Park on Friday night, his defense never slumps, even when the catches physically hurt.

"It's a stretch that I'm going to get out of,” Greene said. “It sucks in the moment, but it's the game of basebal

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