Julien homers off college teammate Mize, Twins beat Tigers 5-1 to end 3-game slide

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Edouard Julien homered off former Auburn teammate Casey Mize, Byron Buxton also went deep and the Minnesota Twins beat the Detroit Tigers 5-1 Sunday to stop a three-game losing streak.

Buxton and Ty France had two hits apiece for Minnesota, which won for just the second time in eight games.

Simeon Woods Richardson (1-1) allowed one run and five hits with five strikeouts, and Louis Varland, Cole Sands, Griffin Jax and Jhoan Duran each followed with a hitless inning, combining for seven strikeouts and one walk.

Spencer Torkelson homered for the second straight game and Kerry Carpenter had two hits for Detroit, which had won seven of eight.

Mize (2-1) gave up four runs and seven hits in 5 2/3 innings.

Minnesota led 2-1 in the sixth when Julien hit an opposite-field home run off the left field foul pole for his first home run this season. Buxton doubled and, three batters later, France hit an RBI single on a chopper up the middle.

Buxton's homer in the first and Brooks Lee's run-scoring single in the second built a 2-0 lead. Lee was playing his first game this season after recovering from a back strain.

Infielder José Miranda, hitting .167 with 13 strikeouts, was optioned to Triple-A St. Paul, one day after he failed to run hard from first to second on a potential forceout, costing an out when second baseman Colt Keith failed to touch the base.

Riley Greene hit an inning-ending flyout with two on in the fifth. He ended the third by striking out with runners at the corners and is 1 for 24 in his past seven games.

Willi Castro has reached base in all 15 games, the longest streaking opening the season for Minnesota since Brian Dozier's 17 games streak in 2018.

Tigers: LHP Tarik Skubal (1-2, 3.78) starts Monday at Milwaukee, which sends LHP Tyler Alexander (1-0, 2.84) to the mound

Twins: RHP Joe Ryan (1-1, 2.65) starts Monday's series opener against the New York Mets and RHP Clay Holmes (1-1, 4,30).

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Minnesota Twins second baseman Edouard Julien (47) fields a groundout hit by Detroit Tigers' Trey Sweeney during the fifth inning of a baseball game Sunday, April 13, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Matt Krohn)

Detroit Tigers shortstop Trey Sweeney fields a groundout hit by Minnesota Twins' Ryan Jeffers during the second inning of a baseball game Sunday, April 13, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Matt Krohn)

Former Minnesota Twins player Joe Mauer throws a ceremonial first pitch prior to a baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and the Detroit Tigers Sunday, April 13, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Matt Krohn)

Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Casey Mize delivers against the Minnesota Twins during the first inning of a baseball game Sunday, April 13, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Matt Krohn)

Minnesota Twins starting pitcher Simeon Woods Richardson delivers against the Detroit Tigers during the first inning of a baseball game Sunday, April 13, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Matt Krohn)

Minnesota Twins' Byron Buxton, left, celebrates his solo home run with third base coach Tommy Watkins during the first inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers Sunday, April 13, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Matt Krohn)

Minnesota Twins' Edouard Julien celebrates his solo home run during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers Sunday, April 13, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Matt Krohn)

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Dillon Dingler capped a five-run eighth inning with a three-run homer, Javier Báez and Gleyber Torres each hit a solo shot in the third, and the Detroit Tigers rallied for a 10-4 win over the skidding Los Angeles Angels on Thursday night.

Spencer Torkelson added a two-run homer — his ninth of the season — in a three-run ninth as Detroit improved to an American League-best 20-12 and sent the Angels to their sixth straight loss.

Tigers starter Casey Mize (5-1) gave up four runs and seven hits in seven innings, including Logan O’Hoppe’s solo homer in the second and Jorge Soler’s two-run shot in the third.

Detroit trailed 4-2 in the eighth when Torres, who had three hits, singled off reliever Ryan Zeferjahn, who had retired the side in order in the seventh. Angels manager Ron Washington summoned left-hander Reid Detmers (0-2), who walked Riley Greene and gave up an RBI single to Andy Ibáñez.

Angels center fielder Jo Adell fumbled Ibáñez’s hit for an error, allowing two runners to advance. One out later, Zach McKinstry lined an RBI single that tied it and Dingler, who had three hits, drove a 409-foot homer to left for a 7-4 lead.

Los Angeles left-hander Yusei Kikuchi gave up two runs and five hits in five innings, striking out five and walking one.

Angels right fielder Mike Trout, who was pulled from Wednesday’s game in Seattle because of left knee soreness, was placed on the 10-day injured list because of a bone bruise.

The three-time American League MVP, who had two operations to repair a torn meniscus in the knee last season, was injured when his foot hit first base on a third-inning groundout. Washington said the injury “is not serious,” but that Trout “needs some rest.”

Báez, the Tigers’ shortstop-turned-center fielder, made a leaping catch of Soler’s fifth-inning drive above the yellow line on the right-center field wall to take away a home run.

Soler’s two-run shot in the third was the Angels’ second homer with a runner on base since April 10. Of the team’s 43 home runs this season, 33 have been solo shots.

Tigers LHP Tarik Skubal (3-2, 2.34 ERA), the reigning AL Cy Young Award winner, starts Friday night against Angels RHP Jose Soriano (2-4, 4.50).

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Detroit Tigers' Riley Greene, left, makes contact with the ball during the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels, Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)

Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Yusei Kikuchi delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers, Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)

Los Angeles Angels' Logan O'Hoppe, right, makes contact with the ball during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers, Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)

Detroit Tigers shortstop Trey Sweeney, left, tags out Los Angeles Angels' Kevin Newman (10) during the fourth inning of a baseball game Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)

Detroit Tigers' Javier Baez runs the bases after hitting a home run during the third inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels, Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)

Detroit Tigers' Dillon Dingler watches his home run during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels, Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)

Detroit Tigers' Dillon Dingler hits a home run during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels, Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)