SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego Padres signed outfielder Austin Hays on Sunday and optioned infielder Gage Workman to Triple-A El Paso.
Hays has been sidelined much of this season by hamstring and calf injuries and played in only 12 games with the Chicago White Sox before being designated for assignment on Wednesday.
The 31-year-old Hays is batting .233 with one homer and seven RBIs.
Manager Craig Stammed called Hays "a good right-handed bench bat” who has hit left-handed pitching well during his career and can make occasional starts in left field.
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San Diego Padres third baseman Gage Workman, left, misses a grounder but Padres shortstop Sung-Mun Song, right, of South Korea, fields the grounder hit by Arizona Diamondbacks' Tyler Locklear during the seventh inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Hao-Yu Lee drove in the go-ahead run in the 10th inning with a pinch-hit single and the Detroit Tigers beat the San Francisco Giants 3-1 on Sunday in the rubber game of their series.
Spencer Torkelson singled off Sam Hentges (1-4) after Lee's base hit scored automatic runner Riley Greene for a 2-1 lead. Max Clark’s groundout added an insurance run.
Kenley Jansen (3-4) struck out the side in the ninth for the win. Tyler Holton pitched a perfect 10th for his second save as the Tigers finished 7-2 on a three-city trip to the West Coast.
Detroit starter Troy Melton allowed an unearned run on four hits and a walk over six-plus innings, striking out five. The right-hander hasn’t permitted an earned run in his last 20 innings. Melton has given up two runs or fewer in 12 of his 13 starts this season.
Logan Webb yielded one run on four hits and a walk over eight innings for the Giants, throwing 100 pitches.
Willy Adames and Rafael Devers singled to start the fourth against Melton, putting runners at the corners. Osleivis Basabe struck out looking and Adames was thrown out at home by right fielder Zach McKinstry trying to score on Drew Gilbert's flyout, keeping it scoreless.
McKinstry and Kevin McGonigle singled to begin the sixth against Webb to put runners on first and third. McKinstry scored on Gleyber Torres' double-play grounder for a 1-0 lead.
Devers led off the seventh with a single, chasing Melton in favor of Kyle Finnegan. Basabe reached on a fielder's choice, stole second and took an extra base on a throwing error by catcher Eduardo Valencia. Gilbert followed with an infield single to tie it 1-all.
Detroit reliever Drew Sommers loaded the bases with one out in the eighth, but Devers hit into a double play.
The Giants begin a three-game series with the visiting Astros on Monday.
The Tigers host RHP Tannner Bibee (4-11, 3.85 ERA) and the Cleveland Guardians on Tuesday.
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Detroit Tigers' Kevin McGonigle (7) watches his single in front of San Francisco Giants catcher Daniel Susac, left, during the sixth inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)
San Francisco Giants pitcher Logan Webb throws against the Detroit Tigers during the first inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)
Detroit Tigers pitcher Troy Melton throws against the San Francisco Giants during the first inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)
San Francisco Giants' Willy Adames, left, is tagged out by Detroit Tigers catcher Eduardo Valencia, back right, on a ball hit by Drew Gilbert during the fourth inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)
Detroit Tigers' Hao-Yu Lee, right, hits an RBI single in front of San Francisco Giants catcher Drew Cavanaugh, left, during the 10th inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)
