May 23 in San Diego: The Mets lose to the Padres, 3-2, when Luis Salazar hits an eighth-inning home run off Don Aase.

On May 14, 2012, Polanco reached the 2,000 hit mark with an eighth-inning home run off David Carpenter of the Houston Astros.

The Milwaukee Brewers, who opened the season with a 13-game winning streak, set a club record with their 11th consecutive defeat today, losing to the Kansas City Royals, 3-2, on an eighth-inning home run by Danny Tartabull.

Meanwhile the Giants won 3-2 over the Houston Colt .45's, after an eighth-inning home run by Willie Mays.

On Saturday, it was a one-out walk to Kevin Orie and a pinch-hit eighth-inning home run by Glenallen Hill that did the Mets in.

But Orlando Miller's eighth-inning home run off Robert Person, the first of three earned runs Person allowed without getting an out, gave the Astros a four-run lead.

Although the home run by light-hitting shortstop Bucky Dent in the seventh inning got the most notice, it was an eighth-inning home run by Jackson that gave the Yankees the fifth run they ended up needing.

Before his eighth-inning home run off Philadelphia reliever Tim Worrell, Piazza had been hitless in 16 at-bats.

But after a two-run fifth inning, they tied the game on a two-run eighth-inning home run by Johnson.

For Gruber hit an eighth-inning home run off Atlanta's Steve Avery to tie the game.