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The Detroit Tigers host the Milwaukee Brewers in a rare interleague matchup on Friday night. Milwaukee was swept by the Phillies this week, scoring just two runs in their visit to the City of Brotherly Love. This included a shutout last game thanks to a 2-hit, 7-inning performance from Aaron Nola. The Brewers have not announced their starting plans for their series against the Tigers. But we do know Reese Olson will begin the series for Detroit, who has been an unlucky 1-6 on the year despite a fantastic 2.48 ERA. He will hope to get more help from his teammates in the run column than he has this season as the Tigers hope to get back over the .500 mark again. Most recently, the Tigers visited Arlington to play the Texas Rangers, a series in which they took 2 out of 3. Sitting 4th in their division, ambitions of a first postseason appearance in a decade will likely come via a wild card spot.

ARLINGTON, Texas — Jim Leyland’s No. 10 will be retired by the Detroit Tigers during a ceremony on Aug. 3.

The team announced the honor Monday, the 10th number retired by the team.

Leyland, 79, will be inducted into baseball’s Hall of Fame next month, the 23rd manager in the hall.

He won 1,769 regular-season games over 22 seasons, leading the Tigers to a 700-597 record from 2006-13 and a pair of American League pennants in 2006 and 2012. His wins are third among Detroit managers, trailing Sparky Anderson (1,331) and Hughie Jennings (1,131).

Leyland also managed Pittsburgh, Florida and Colorado, leading the Marlins to the 1997 World Series title.

Detroit also has retired No. 1 (Lou Whitaker), No. 2 (Charle Gehringer), No. 3 (Alan Trammell), No. 5 (Hank Greenberg), No. 6 (Al Kaline), No. 11 (Anderson), No. 16 (Hal Newhouser), No. 23 (Willie Horton) and No. 47 (Jack Morris).

In addition, Jackie Robinson’s No. 42 was retired throughout the major leagues in 1997.