DETROIT — The newest Detroit Tiger certainly made a positive impression Wednesday in his debut.

Pitcher Chris Paddack, acquired Monday from the Minnesota Twins, threw six impressive innings and the Tigers offense again exploded in a 7-2 victory, and a three-game series sweep over Arizona.

Paddack allowed one run on three hits, walked none and struck out five while helping extend the Tigers' win streak to four games.

Looking to bolster their starting pitching depth, the Tigers acquired Paddack (and reliever Randy Dobnak) from the Twins for minor league catcher Enrique Jimenez. Paddack was only 3-9 with a 4.95 ERA in Minnesota — but his performance Wednesday belied those statistics.

Paddack retired the last eight hitters he faced, and only faced the minimum nine hitters through the first three innings, keeping the reeling Diamondbacks at bay.

The only blemish against Paddack was in the fourth inning, just after the Tigers had taken a 1-0 lead on Kerry Carpenter's RBI triple. Arizona's Corbin Carroll led off with a double, moved to third on a grounder and scored on Geraldo Perdomo's single.

Perdomo would add a solo home run (his 11th) in the ninth inning off relief pitcher Tommy Kahnle.

The Tigers have now scored 34 runs in these four consecutive victories (8.5 average). On Wednesday they scored three runs in the fifth and sixth innings to stretch what had been a 1-1 tie into a 7-1 lead.

Carpenter had two hits (including a two-run homer) and drove in three runs, Jake Rogers hit a two-run home run and Colt Keith had three hits and scored twice, as the Tigers collected 11 hits overall.

The Tigers took a 1-0 lead in the third when Keith singled to open the inning, and with one out, Carpenter tripled into the right-field corner.

The Tigers took command in the fifth and sixth innings.

In the fifth, Rogers reached base when Perdomo, the Diamondbacks' shortstop, was charged with a fielding and throwing error on the same play, enabling Rogers to reach second base. Keith lined his third single of the game, scoring Rogers and giving the Tigers a 2-1 lead.

Then with two out, Carpenter lofted a long home run into the right-field seats, his 17th, extending the lead to 4-1.

The Tigers added on in the sixth inning. Wenceel Perez and Zach McKinstry lined consecutive doubles with one out to make it 5-1. Then with two out, Rogers blasted his third home run to close out the scoring.

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