When: 1:15 p.m. today; 7:05 p.m. Monday and Tuesday.

        Where: Cinergy Field.

        TV: Fox Sports Network, Monday only.

        Records: Cincinnati (34-56), sixth place NL Central; Detroit (38-49) fourth place AL Central.

        Probable starting pitchers:

        Today, RHP Jose Acevedo (2-1, 5.57 ERA) vs. RHP Chris Holt (6-7, 5.84)

        Monday, LHP Lance Davis (1-1, 9.30) vs. LHP Adam Pettyjohn (major-league debut)

        Tuesday, RHP Chris Reitsma (4-8, 4.49) vs. RHP Jeff Weaver (8-8, 3.99).

        The bats: The Tigers are hitting .302 (104-for-344) in July. Overall, they are tied for fourth in the American League at .272.

        The arms: Holt, today's starter, owns a 1-5 record with a 6.54 ERA in nine career appearances against Cincinnati. Closer Matt Anderson usually hits the ground running, limiting the first batters he has faced to a .143 average (5-for-35), eighth-best in the AL.

        The rest: Detroit has taken two out of three games from Cincinnati in the previous two series they've played, including last year at Comerica Park and '99 at Cinergy.

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