Most major outlets rank the Tigers as the No. 1 team in baseball, including USA TODAY, ESPN, Sports Illustrated, and CBS Sports. Despite dropping their most recent series to the Cincinnati Reds, the Detroit Tigers maintain MLB's best record at 46-27 entering Monday's play.

There aren’t many teams in baseball in as good of a position as the Detroit Tigers are. They are dominating at the Major League level with a 46-27 record, the best mark in not only the American League,

Reds starter Brady Singer, who made a career out of beating the Tigers while pitching in Kansas City, improved to 7-1 against Detroit with a 3.16 ERA in 14 career starts. Singer (7-4) gave up just four hits in six innings on this day, allowing a fourth-inning run after a pair of walks and two-out hit by Wenceel Perez.