We are taking good at-bats,” third baseman Miguel Vargas said. “Our approach has been there. We have a couple of games with good results. Sometimes it’s just baseball. We don’t get the result we expect.

Kerry Carpenter hit a pair of solo home runs and the Detroit Tigers beat the Chicago White Sox 7-4 Friday for their 14th win in their last 17 home openers. Carpenter's third career multihomer game backed Jack Flaherty (1-0),

Carpenter cranked two homers and Jack Flaherty smothered the White Sox to power the Tigers to a 7-4 win over their division rivals on Opening Day in Detroit.