The Latest Breaking News from Riley Greene

CLEVELAND — For different reasons, they both badly needed to see balls fly into the seats.

CHICAGO — OK, we’ll say it. With tongue firmly implanted in cheek.

DETROIT — A clutch, game-tying single by rookie Riley Greene in the bottom of the ninth Tuesday night dissolved quickly into a nightmare 10th inning for the Tigers and a 6-4 win for the San Diego Padres — their first ever win in Detroit after seven straight losses spaced over…

DETROIT — The Tigers played host to the San Diego Padres Monday for the first time since 2005 and treated them just as rudely as they did back then.

CLEVELAND — Tigers’ manager AJ Hinch was talking about rookie Riley Greene before the game. He was asked what Greene might’ve learned from striking out four times against Cleveland’s Triston McKenzie Thursday night.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Turns out, all Akil Baddoo needed to do was trust that being Akil Baddoo was plenty good enough.

DETROIT — Sitting in the dugout hours before the game, manager AJ Hinch was asked what he liked best about rookie Riley Greene so far. Hinch didn’t miss a beat.

DETROIT — The way Jonathan Schoop was buzzing around the ball field Monday, playing both games of the doubleheader against Cleveland, you’d never know he was 30 years old and grinding through a miserable start to his 10th big-league season.

DETROIT — Tattooed on Garrett Hill’s left arm is a baseball, with the seams colored red. Inscribed around it are the words Dignity, Respect, Pride and Honor. It offers a little window into what’s inside this bespectacled right-hander.