Cincinnati Reds ace Hunter Greene was still in Los Angeles Friday night, pending one more meeting with specialists before returning to Cincinnati.

Cincinnati Reds manager Terry Francona spoke with reporters on Thursday before they face off against the Detroit Tigers and shared an update on starting pitcher Hunter Greene. Greene went to Los Angeles to get a second opinion on his injured groin,

After Cincinnati Reds starting pitcher Brady Singer was hit in the biceps by a screaming line drive last Sunday, Cincinnati Reds manager Terry Francona was holding his breathe.

The Cincinnati Reds are in the middle of the standings in their division, making them a team with many options available at the deadline.

CINCINNATI -- For the second straight game, Reds pitching allowed 11 runs. Friday night, those 11 runs came from the Detroit Tigers, who beat the Reds 11-5 in the first of a three-game series. It was a close game through 5 1/2 innings, but the Tigers scored eight runs in their final three innings at the plate to break the game open.

BOTTOM LINE: The Detroit Tigers lead 1-0 in a three-game series with the Cincinnati Reds. Detroit is 46-25 overall and 24-9 in home games. The Tigers have the second-ranked team ERA in the AL at 3.26.

In between three IL stints this season Reds LF Austin Hays is hitting .303 with 6 homers and a .901 OPS in 31 games.

The Savannah Bananas are playing at Great American Ball Park on Friday night. Fav-favorite Sean Casey got an at-bat and drew a walk in only a way he could. The ball went to the backstop and Casey rounded first pretending he was going to try for second before retreating back to first.

"It's a good check to see where we're at. It's gonna show what areas we need to work on, what areas we excel at," Nick Martinez said.

The Reds did tack on three too-little, too-late runs in the ninth when De La Cruz doubled home Santiago Espinal to make it 11-3, then Tyler Stephenson doubled in two more runs to make it 11-5. De La Cruz was 3-for-4, raising his average to .267.

Cincinnati Reds outfielder Austin Hays spoke with reporters ahead of Friday's game against the Detroit Tigers and shares an update on his injured foot. Hays said his foot hasn't improved over the last two days and that they're going to shut him down before easing back into activity, according to Gordon Wittenmyer's of The Enquirer.