Typically he’ll give you six innings, and it won’t be dominating, shutdown stuff, but he’ll usually keep the Tigers in the game. In particular, some blow-ups late in starts have been a problem. Taking the ball for the White Sox was Jonathan “Boom Boom” Cannon — and I don’t know if he goes by that nickname,

Kerry Carpenter hit a career-high three homers and drove in five runs to help the Detroit Tigers pound the lowly Chicago White Sox 13-1 on Monday night.

Carpenter launched a two-run homer in the first inning, followed by a solo shot from Dillon Dingler as the Tigers jumped out to an early three-run lead against White Sox starter Jonathan Cannon. Wenceel Pérez added a two-run homer in the second.