Tigers use late rally to halt Red Sox’s surge

DETROIT — The fourth city in five days for the Red Sox was the one that ultimately ended their winning streak. Andrew Romine’s bases-loaded walk off Brad Ziegler completed a three-run Tigers rally in the eighth inning, ending Detroit’s three-game losing streak and Boston’s six-game winning streak with a 4-3 Tigers win Thursday afternoon at Comerica Park.

The Red Sox rebounded quickly from a rain-lengthened Wednesday night in Baltimore and a late flight to Detroit to carry a 3-1 lead, buoyed by Hanley Ramirez’s go-ahead single in the top of the eighth. But Ian Kinsler, Erick Aybar and Miguel Cabrera each lined base hits off Junichi Tazawa to start the home half, with Cabrera singling home Kinsler for his 1,000th RBI as a Tiger.

Victor Martinez greeted Ziegler with a ground ball through the right side for a game-tying single, but after a J.D. Martinez walk loaded the bases, Ziegler induced a fielder’s choice off home and struck out Jarrod Saltalamacchia, putting the righty an out away from escaping.

Romine, however, declined to chase, drawing his third bases-loaded walk of the season to bring home pinch-runner Justin Upton. Francisco Rodriguez put two runners on in the ninth but stranded them at second and third when Kinsler snared Mookie …

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