Detroit Tigers right-handed reliever Will Vest has a 2.57 ERA with nine walks and 37 strikeouts across 35 innings in 32 games, racking up 12 saves.

The Detroit Tigers start a mid-week series with the Pittsburgh Pirates Tuesday night. The team is leading the American League.

The Pittsburgh Pirates are in the basement of the National League Central at 29-44. They just dropped three of four to the division-leading Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field over the weekend. All four contests were one-run games settled by final scores of 3-2 or 2-1.

Right-handed reliever Carlos Hernández doesn't have any minor league options remaining, so he will join the Detroit Tigers' active roster immediately.

Don Kelly took over as manager of the Pirates in May, and he has them playing better, even if he's not always around till the end to see it.

DETROIT - Another Detroit Tigers ballgame will turn into a concert at the ballpark as a CMA Song of the Year award-winner will perform. Following rapper Ludacris’ performance after the Tigers game on June 13, the team announced another Friday Night Party in the Park.

The Whitecaps are led in part by the Tigers’ top two prospects, outfielder Max Clark and infielder Kevin McGonigle. The two 20-year-old left-handed bats hit at the top of West Michigan’s lineup and powered an offensive outburst that saw the Whitecaps outscore Lansing 52-16 over last week’s series.

The Detroit Tigers have only two three-game losing streaks this season. They'll try to avoid a third one when they host Pittsburgh on Tuesday in the opener of a three-game series.