The Tigers have played clean baseball for most of the season. You don’t carry the best record in baseball into the middle of June without playing the game right. But there was nothing clean about

Cincinnati Reds LHP Wade Miley pitched five strong innings in the Reds' series-clinching win over the MLB-best Detroit Tigers Sunday.

This affiliate content is not influenced by our advertising relationships, but AP and Data Skrive might earn commissions from our partners’ links in this content.

The Reds figure to be without ace Hunter Greene until at least sometime in July as they head into one of toughest stretches of schedule.

"All I can do is go out there and do the best I can for my team every day, and the rest will take care of itself," Reds CF TJ Friedl said.

CINCINNATI -- Less than 24 hours after getting blown out 11-5 in Detroit, the Reds bounced back and beat the Tigers 11-1 on Saturday afternoon. The series is now even at one game apiece between the Reds and the team with the best record in Major League Baseball.

"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 Cincinnati Reds are hoping to ink star Elly De La Cruz to a long-term deal, but the team isn't progressing towards a new contract right now.