SAN DIEGO — It’s back to work and back home for the San Diego Padres as they welcome the Detroit Tigers on Friday night.
The Padres hope a return to interleague play is the tonic for a team that just capped a 2-4 road trip. In the Tigers, losers of six straight, they face an American League Central foe for the first time in three years.
The Tigers have won eight of 12 meetings over the last 20 years, although the Padres lost but one contest in a three-game set in 2014.
San Diego juggled its rotation and sends right-hander Luis Perdomo (1-4, 4.