Detroit Tigers outfielder Riley Greene has been activated from the injured list just in time for in the MLB Little League Classic in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

Greene, who turns 24 in late September, recovered from a right hamstring strain and completed his rehab assignment. He will play in Sunday’s showcase game against the New York Yankees at Journey Bank Ballpark at Historic Bowman Field.

It will be his first game for the Tigers since July 25.

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Greene played in two games for Triple-A Toledo as part of his rehab assignment, both in left field. He finished 1-for-6 with no walks and a strikeout in six plate appearances.

The Tigers didn’t need to make a corresponding move when reinstating Greene from the injured list because teams get a 27th player for special-event games, meaning everyone else on the roster — including fellow left-handed hitting position player Zach McKinstry — is safe from a corresponding move until Tuesday.

A roster move will be needed, however, before Tuesday’s opener of a three-game series against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field.

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For the Tigers, Greene is hitting .264 with 17 home runs, 51 walks and 109 strikeouts across 101 games in 2024, his third MLB season. His .842 OPS ranks 20th among 140 qualified batters. For his performance, he earned his way to becoming a first-time All-Star this season.

Greene is the Tigers’ best player on offense.

And he’s ready to play again.

Gio Urshela clears waivers

Third baseman Gio Urshela, whom the Tigers recently designated for assignment, cleared outright waivers Sunday. The 32-year-old has been placed on unconditional release waivers, a formality to being released and becoming a free agent.

Urshela, who hit .243 with a .619 OPS in 92 games with the Tigers, will be postseason-eligible if he signs with a new team by Aug. 31. He has participated in the playoffs four times throughout his nine-year MLB career, including three times with the Yankees.

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Four minors, ranging in age from 11 to 14 years old, were shot inside a stolen Kia in Minneapolis early Sunday. One of the occupants of the car was uninjured.

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said a dark colored sedan pulled up behind the Kia and began firing shots. The sedan left the area before officers arrived.

Police responded to the incident in the 1400 block of Plymouth Avenue North around 1 a.m. after responding to multiple ShotSpotter alerts nearby in the area.

Officers provided medical aid until firefighters and EMS arrived, according to the police press release, and all four were transported by ambulance to HCMC. Two boys and one girl had apparent non-life threatening injuries, while one girl had life-threatening injuries. The fifth juvenile, who was uninjured, was transported home.

“Four kids shot between eleven and fourteen is outrageous and everyone should be up in arms over it,” O’Hara said. “The police are doing everything that we can in response to this, but we can’t keep responding after the fact. More needs to be done to deter this type of activity in the first place.”

O’Hara noted that over the last two years, juveniles being involved in joy-riding with stolen vehicles, frequently Kia and Hyundai models, has been a “tremendous problem.” The police chief noted that the number of thefts of these two models has dropped by a quarter, and they were less than half of all vehicles stolen in the city.

“While there’s fewer of these cars are being stolen, the activity that these juveniles are involved in have become more brazen,” O’Hara said. “There’s been more aggravated assaults, more robberies, more hit and runs. [There’s been] more serious crimes more frequently committed by those individuals who are involved in the theft of these cars.

“We are failing to deter this behavior and with that we are failing these kids as well,” O’Hara added.

No arrests have been made in the case.