Kerry Carpenter belted three home runs, Dillon Dingler and Wenceel Perez also homered, and Jack Flaherty pitched six strong innings to lift the Detroit Tigers to a 13-1 rout of the host Chicago White Sox on Monday.
Carpenter smacked two-run homers in the first and fourth innings and a solo shot in the sixth for his first career three-home run game. He finished with five RBIs.
Parker Meadows, who made his season debut after missing the first two months with a right upper arm nerve issue, contributed two of the Tigers’ 16 hits. Gleyber Torres, Colt Keith, and Perez also had two hits apiece.
Flaherty (4-6) cruised behind the hefty run support. He spaced one run and four hits in six innings with one walk and four strikeouts.
Chase Meidroth collected a pair of hits for the White Sox, includ