San Diego — The abject frustration continues for the Tigers.
Pinch-hitter Hector Sanchez hit a two-run home run off reliever Shane Greene in the eighth inning, igniting a five-run rally and sending the Padres to a 7-3 win Saturday.
The losing streak is now at eight for the Tigers.
The Tigers had taken a 3-2 lead in the seventh on a double by Justin Upton and a single by Andrew Romine — who won a nine-pitch battle with reliever Phil Maton.
But Greene, who blew a save in one of the games in Seattle, walked pinch-hitter Erick Aybar and then left a 94-mph two-seamer up over the plate and Sanchez hit it 403 feet over the wall in right field.