DETROIT -- Javier Baez will be starting at shortstop for the Detroit Tigers on Friday night at Comerica Park.

The Tigers (41-23) open a three-game series against Baez’s old team, the Chicago Cubs (39-23), at 7:10 p.m.

Catcher Jake Rogers; infielder Trey Sweeney; and outfielders Wenceel Perez and Jahmai Jones will be available off the bench. The full lineup is below.

Left-hander Tarik Skubal (5-2, 2.26 ERA) will start for Detroit. Right-hander Ben Brown (3-3, 5.72) will be on the mound for the Cubs.

Skubal is coming off a dominant month of May, during which he posted a 2.20 ERA over 41 innings, striking out 59 and walking just two.

Brown entered in the second inning on May 31 against Cincinnati and delivered six innings of one-hit, shutout ball. It was his first appearance following an

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