Carpenter hits 3 homers as the Tigers reach 40 wins by pounding the White Sox 13-1

CHICAGO AP Kerry Carpenter hit a career-high three homers and drove in five runs to help the Detroit Tigers pound the lowly Chicago White Sox - on Monday night Dillon Dingler and Wenceel P rez also went deep as Detroit became the first major league club to reach wins this season Parker Meadows had two hits and scored three times in his season debut after being sidelined by an arm injury Jack Flaherty - pitched six innings of one-run ball in his second straight win The right-hander allowed four hits struck out four and walked one The Tigers improved to - in their last games It was their th consecutive win at the White Sox dating to Sept matching a franchise record for the longest such streak in an opponent s ballpark Chicago finished with five hits in its seventh loss in eight games Chase Meidroth singled and scored on Vinny Capra s groundout in the sixth accounting for the crew s only run Carpenter hit a two-run drive in Detroit s three-run first against Jonathan Cannon - He connected for another two-run shot in the fourth and a solo drive in the sixth for his th homer on the season He batted again with two runners on in the eighth Amid chants of Kerry Kerry by the Tigers fans in a crowd of he flied out to center Detroit also had a big night in the field Meadows robbed Andrew Benintendi of a run-scoring hit with a diving catch in center for the last out of the first Riley Greene hustled over for a terrific sliding grab on Meidroth s drive near the line in left in the third But catcher Dingler and third baseman Zach McKinstry combined for what might have been the band s best defensive play in the fifth Dingler slid as he went after Joshua Palacios foul popup and the ball went off his glove to McKinstry for the out Key moment P rez s two-run homer in the second lifted the Tigers to a - lead Key stat Carpenter became the first contestant to hit three homers for Detroit since Victor Martinez on June at Kansas City Up next Detroit is going with a bullpen day on Tuesday Rookie right-hander Shane Smith - ERA starts for Chicago AP MLB https apnews com hub mlb Source