The final two months of the season is an audition period for virtually every player on the Detroit Tigers roster as the organization starts evaluating who they can build around moving forward.

Ideally, those who are injured will be able to come back and get on the field so the front office can get a good look at all their pieces who could be a factor in the future.

That’s why it was great news when former top prospect Parker Meadows made his return, and based on how he’s played since rejoining the team, it looks like the Tigers will have a lot to think about in regards to their outfield group.

Now, it sounds like they are getting closer to having another one of their outfielders in the mix as Kerry Carpenter could be activated off the inured list as soon as Tuesday.

“It’s going to be Charlotte on Tuesday or Detroit on Tuesday, but a lot’s going to be determined by how he does, how he feels and where we’re at. We’re not going to be a day too early,” manager A.J. Hinch said per the team’s injuries page.

Carpenter was placed on the IL back in late-May with lumbar spine inflammation that was later revealed to be a stress fracture. Initially getting the 10-day designation, Detroit moved him over to the 60-day injured list on July 21.

The Tigers sent him on a rehab assignment in early-August, and so far, he’s played four games with their Triple-A affiliate. He hadn’t had a good showing prior to Sunday, going 1-for-10, but he put together his best performance by going 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI in the series finale.

Carpenter has been impressive in the early portions of his career, posting a slash line of .275/.336/.495 with 34 homers, 72 extra-base hits, 103 RBI and an OPS+ of 127 across his 199 games.

Getting him back on the field will give Detroit a much better idea of how their outfield might look in the future with him alongside the surging Meadows.

But, the Tigers aren’t going to sacrifice the long-term to get him back on the field before he’s ready.

“We’ve done the work to get to this point. We have to take the extra time to make sure that we get the benefit of the next six weeks and not a feel-good story on Day 1 and a reinjury on Day 3. That would be very detrimental to finishing the season the way we want to,” Hinch added.

MILWAUKEE (Cincinnati Enquirer ) – The Cincinnati Reds escaped their personal Hell loop at American Family Field with just their second victory in Milwaukee this season, salvaging a 4-3 victory over the Brewers in the finale of a three-game weekend series on Sunday.

The hot-hitting Tyler Stephenson hit a go-ahead home run in the fifth, and after the Brewers tied it back up in the sixth, he walked during the final go-ahead rally in the Reds seventh.

Closer Alexis Diaz finished off a strong performance by the Reds bullpen with a 1-2-3 ninth for his 23rd save of the season.

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The Reds finished their two-city road trip 4-3 despite losing the three-game series to the Brewers. Stephenson was 8-for-25 (.320) with two homers, two doubles and three walks during the trip.

Sunday’s win snapped a four-game losing streak to the Brewers and improved their mark this season against the division leaders to 3-6 with four games left against the Brewers at home, starting Aug. 31. The Reds are still looking for their first series win against the Brewers since 2022.

Reds starter Nick Lodolo pitched into the sixth with the lead Sunday before a one-out walk and double to the left-field gap by William Contreras put the tying run on third.

Right-hander Buck Farmer took over at that point and was greeted by a Willy Adames run-scoring single to left.

Farmer escaped the jam without further damage, and the Reds regained the lead in the top of the seventh.

Santiago Espinal, who singled home the Reds’ first two runs of the game with two outs in the fourth, opened the seventh with a single, took second on broken-bat tapper to the mound and scored two walks later on a sacrifice fly by Spencer Steer.

Lodolo, who missed most of last year with a leg injury and reached his career high in innings for a season on Sunday, has seen his performance wane in recent weeks.

He was lifted after just 79 pitches Sunday. After starting the season 8-2 with a 2.76 ERA in his first 11 starts, he’s 1-2 with a 6.07 ERA in his last eight.

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A 78-year-old who was knocked down and robbed of his Cane Corso puppy earlier this week was reunited with the dog in a heartwarming scene, according to Minneapolis police.

“A kind person who purchased the puppy saw the story and contacted MPD to coordinate the return of the puppy,” the MPD wrote on Facebook on Friday. “The kindness of others is always a wonderful response to violence.  Check out the smile of the owner when he was reunited with his canine companion.”

Authorities said the puppy was returned to the owner by the person who bought it after it was taken. They saw a story about the theft and returned it to the rightful owner.

On August 5, an unidentified person knocked down the senior and took the dog on the 1800 block of 3rd Ave South in Minneapolis.

Police say they’re still looking for information about the case, and asked for help identifying multiple people with potential links to the case, including a youth photographed on public transportation holding the puppy, and three people captured on surveillance video in a convenience store.

A woman who said she is the teen’s mother responded to the post, according to Minnesota-based outlet Bring Me The News.

“My 14-year-old child should not be in jail for finding a puppy,” she said, adding, “He did not assault anybody or hit anybody.”

Another commenter said she knew another woman seen in the video, and denied she was involved in the robbery either.

“I know this woman in the picture and she had nothing to do with it!” the commenter wrote. “She couldn’t hurt anyone at all! She to loving and kind to people and animals! I know this for a fact! I talk to her everyday!”

So far, police have not identified any suspects or made any arrests in the case.