DETROIT -- Spencer Torkelson looked like he had delivered the biggest swing of the Detroit Tigers’ season.

But then he was upstaged by a rookie named Nacho in another loss befitting the Tigers’ increasingly desperate September swoon.

Torkelson’s tiebreaking two-run homer in the seventh inning wasn’t enough as the Atlanta Braves rallied with a run in the eighth and two more in the ninth to hand Detroit a 6-5 defeat Saturday afternoon at Comerica Park.

The Tigers (85-70) have lost five straight and eight of their last nine. Their lead in the American League Central has shrunk to two games over Cleveland (82-71), pending the outcome of the Guardians’ doubleheader in Minnesota. Detroit has seven regular-season games remaining: one more against the Braves, three in Cleveland and three in Bos

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