Carpenter and Torkelson homer as Tigers beat White Sox 7-2 and drop Chicago to 2-6

DETROIT (AP) — Kerry Carpenter homered for the third time in two games and Spencer Torkelson had a home run and a double Saturday as the Detroit Tigers beat the Chicago White Sox 7-2 for their fourth win in five games following an opening three-game losing streak.

Chicago lost its fourth straight and dropped to 2-6, a year after a 1-9 start en route to a post-1900-record 121 defeats. The White Sox have scored two runs or fewer in four games.

Andrew Vaughn’s RBI double put Chicago ahead in the first off Reese Olson (1-1), but Riley Greene hit a tying single against in the bottom half and scored on Andy Ibáñez’s single against Reese Olson (0-1), who lost his seventh straight decision dating to 2022.

Carpenter’s second-inning homer scored Justyn-Henry Malloy and raised his team-leading RBIs total to eight. Seven starters had a hit for the Tigers, who scored seven runs against the White Sox for the second straight game.

Riley Greene, Andy Ibanez, Malloy and Trey Sweeney each drove in a run for Detroit.

Olson allowed two runs, seven hits and three walks in six innings. Beau Brieske got three outs before former White Sox pitcher John Brebbia was perfect in the final two innings.

Martin gave up seven runs and nine hits in five innings.

Korey Lee had three hits for Chicago, which was 1 for 8 with runners in scoring position.

Torkelson's second homer of the season gave Detroit a 5-1 lead in the third.

Chicago has allowed 28 runs in its last four games after giving up five in its first four.

Detroit rookie RHP Jackson Jobe (0-0, 6.75 ERA) and White Sox LHP Martín Pérez (1-0, 0.00 ERA) start Sunday's series finale.

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Detroit Tigers' Justyn-Henry Malloy (44) celebrates scoring with Spencer Torkelson against the Chicago White Sox pitcher in the first inning during a baseball game, Saturday, April 5, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Chicago White Sox left fielder Andrew Benintendi catches a Detroit Tigers' Jake Rogers fly ball in the first inning during a baseball game, Saturday, April 5, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Chicago White Sox third baseman Miguel Vargas (20) holds up his throw to first base on a Detroit Tigers' Andy Ibáñez one-run single in the first inning during a baseball game, Saturday, April 5, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Chicago White Sox shortstop Jacob Amaya (8) throws to first base to complete a double play as Detroit Tigers' Riley Greene (31) slides late into second base in the fourth inning during a baseball game, Saturday, April 5, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Chicago White Sox catcher Korey Lee (26) catches a Detroit Tigers' Jake Rogers foul ball in the fifth inning during a baseball game, Saturday, April 5, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Detroit Tigers third baseman Andy Ibáñez throws out Chicago White Sox's Luis Robert Jr. in the seventh inning during a baseball game, Saturday, April 5, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Detroit Tigers pitcher Beau Brieske throws against the Chicago White Sox in the seventh inning during a baseball game, Saturday, April 5, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Detroit Tigers' Kerry Carpenter runs out a fly ball against the Chicago White Sox in the third inning during a baseball game, Saturday, April 5, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Chicago White Sox third baseman Miguel Vargas (20) tags Detroit Tigers' Trey Sweeney (27) out at third base in the fifth inning during a baseball game, Saturday, April 5, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Detroit Tigers' Kerry Carpenter, right, celebrates his two-run home run with Justyn-Henry Malloy (44) against the Chicago White Sox in the second inning during a baseball game, Saturday, April 5, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Moscow freed a Russian American convicted of treason in exchange for a Russian-German man jailed on smuggling charges in the U.S., a prisoner swap that was completed Thursday as the two countries met to repair ties.

Ksenia Karelina is “on a plane back home to the United States,” U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a post on social media platform X. She was arrested in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg in February 2024 and convicted of treason on charges stemming from a donation of about $52 to a charity aiding Ukraine. U.S. authorities have called the case “absolutely ludicrous.”

Arthur Petrov was released as part of a swap in Abu Dhabi, United Araba Emirates, according to the Federal Security Service, or FSB, Russia's main security and counterespionage agency. Petrov was arrested in Cyprus in August 2023 at the request of the U.S. on charges of smuggling sensitive microelectronics to Russia and extradited to the U.S. a year later.

Karelina was among a growing number of Americans arrested in Russia in recent years as tensions between Moscow and Washington spiked over the war in Ukraine. Her release is the latest in a series of high-profile prisoner exchanges Russia and the U.S. carried out in the last three years — and the second since President Donald Trump took office and reversed Washington's policy of isolating Russia in an effort to end the war in Ukraine.

Russian and U.S. diplomats met Thursday in Istanbul for another round of talks on improving diplomatic ties. The discussions ended after six hours without statements from the delegations, the Tass and RIA Novosti state news agencies reported.

In February, Russia released American teacher Marc Fogel, imprisoned on drug charges, in a swap that the White House described as part of a diplomatic thaw that could advance peace negotiations. That same month, Russia released another American just days after arresting him on drug smuggling charges.

Karelina, a former ballet dancer also identified in some media as Ksenia Khavana, lived in Maryland before moving to Los Angeles. She was arrested when she returned to Russia to visit her family last year.

The FSB accused her of “proactively" collecting money for a Ukrainian organization that was supplying gear to Kyiv's forces. The First Department, a Russian rights group, said the charges stemmed from a $51.80 donation to a U.S. charity aiding Ukraine.

Karelina’s lawyer, Mikhail Mushailov, said on Instagram that she had been in touch with her family since her release.

“I am overjoyed to hear that the love of my life, Ksenia Karelina is on her way home from wrongful detention in Russia,” Karelina’s fiancé, Chris van Heerden, said in a statement. “She has endured a nightmare for 15 months and I cannot wait to hold her. Our dog, Boots, is also eagerly awaiting her return.”

He thanked Trump and his envoys, as well as prominent public figures who had championed her case.

White House national security adviser Mike Waltz said on X that “President Trump and his administration continue to work around the clock to ensure Americans detained abroad are returned home to their families.”

The exchange was first reported by The Wall Street Journal.

Karelina was headed to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, according to a person familiar with the situation who insisted on anonymity to discuss her case.

The United Arab Emirates' state-run WAM news agency released photos of Karelina boarding a plane and one of her standing next to Yousef al-Otaiba, the UAE’s ambassador to the U.S.

The FSB, which said that Russian President Vladimir Putin had pardoned Karelina before the swap, released a video that showed her being escorted to a plane somewhere in Russia. The footage then featured of what appeared to be the scene of exchange at the Abu Dhabi airport, with Petrov walking off a plane and shaking hands with Russian officials on the tarmac.

The same video showed Petrov undergoing medical checkups on a flight to Russia. “I have no particular complaints, just a bit tired,” he said.

Petrov was accused by the U.S. Justice Department of involvement in a scheme to procure microelectronics subject to U.S. export controls on behalf of a Russia-based supplier of critical components for the country's weapons industries. He was facing a 20-year prison term in the U.S.

Abu Dhabi was the scene of another high-profile prisoner swap between Russia and the United States. In December 2022, American basketball star Brittney Griner was traded for the notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.

The UAE has been a mediator in prisoner swaps between Russia and Ukraine, while the skyscraper-studded city of Dubai has become home to many Russians and Ukrainian who fled there after the start of Moscow’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Litvinova reported from Tallinn, Estonia. Associated Press writer Eric Tucker in Washington contributed.

This photo released by the state-run WAM news agency shows Yousef al-Otaiba, the UAE ambassador to the U.S., left, standing next to U.S.-Russian dual national Ksenia Karelina after her release at an airport in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, April 10, 2025. (WAM via AP)

This photo released by the state-run WAM news agency shows U.S.-Russian dual national Ksenia Karelina getting on a private jet after her release at an airport in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, April 10, 2025. (WAM via AP)

FILE - Ksenia Karelina, also known as Khavana sits in a glass cage in a court room in Yekaterinburg, Russia, Thursday, June 20, 2024. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - Ksenia Karelina, also known as Khavana sits in a glass cage in a court room in Yekaterinburg, Russia, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024.(AP Photo/File)