Jones’ inside-the-park homer helps Tigers win their fourth straight

JaCoby Jones hit an inside-the-park home run in the seventh inning, and the host Detroit Tigers breezed to their fourth consecutive victory, 5-1 over the Chicago White Sox on Monday night.

Niko Goodrum homered and had four hits for the Tigers, who handed Chicago its fifth loss in six games. Detroit is 4-0 since returning from a four-day layoff created by a postponed series against St. Louis, which had a coronavirus outbreak.

“Everyone’s getting better, at least on one thing each day,” Goodrum said.

It wasn’t all good news for Detroit, though. First baseman C.J. Cron exited with a left knee injury in the fourth. White Sox slugger Jose Abreu came up limping after grounding out in the eighth and left the game as well.

The Tigers improved to 9-5 on the year after losing 114 games in 2019.

Detroit was up 3-1 in the seventh when center fielder Adam Engel went for a lunging catch on a sinking liner by Jones. Engel missed, and Jones circled the bases for a two-run homer, his fifth of the season.

Mariners 10, at Rangers 2: Kyle Seager hit a grand slam, and Seattle won in its first game at the new Texas ballpark, snapping the Rangers’ three-game winning streak.

at Astros 6, Giants 4:

Lance McCullers Jr. pitched no-hit ball into the seventh inning, and Houston ended a five-game skid by defeating San Francisco.

Diamondbacks 12, at Rockies 8: Kole Calhoun homered and had a two-run double to lead Arizona’s 18hit outburst, and the Diamondbacks beat Colorado.

Rays 8, at Red Sox 7: Kevin Kiermaier hit a tiebreaking, two-run double in the seventh inning, and

Tampa Bay beat Boston.

Twins 4, at Brewers 2: Eddie Rosario hit a grand slam in the third inning, Randy Dobnak turned in another solid outing and Minnesota beat Milwaukee to stop a four-game skid.

Nationals 16, at Mets 4: Asdrubal Cabrera went four for four with two homers, two doubles and five RBIs, tormenting his former team again as Washington routed New York.

at Phillies 13, Braves 8: Didi Gregorius hit a grand slam as Philadelphia beat Atlanta, giving Aaron Nola his first victory in nearly a year. Nola gave up one run, two hits and struck out 10 in eight innings.

Pirates at Cardinals, postponed: The three-game series between Pittsburgh and St. Louis that was set to begin Monday night has been postponed while the Cardinals deal with a COVID-19 outbreak.