MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Tristan Gray hit a grand slam in the fourth inning and the Minnesota Twins added four more runs in the fifth on the way to a 9-4 win over the Chicago White Sox on Monday night.
The Twins snapped a five-game losing streak. The White Sox had their five-game winning streak halted.
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Minnesota Twins' Tristan Gray celebrates after his grand slam against the Chicago White Sox during the fourth inning of a baseball game, Monday, June 1, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Matt Krohn)
Minnesota Twins starting pitcher Joe Ryan looks on during the first inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox, Monday, June 1, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Matt Krohn)
Chicago White Sox catcher Edgar Quero, top, tags out Minnesota Twins' Josh Bell (56) at home plate during the fourth inning of a baseball game, Monday, June 1, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Matt Krohn)
Minnesota Twins' Tristan Gray celebrates after his grand slam against the Chicago White Sox during the fourth inning of a baseball game, Monday, June 1, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Matt Krohn)
Gray's 384-foot shot over the wall in right field — his second career grand slam and first since the Twins' home opener on April 3 — gave Minnesota a 5-1 lead it never surrendered.
Trevor Larnach hit an RBI single in the first to get the Twins on the board. Austin Martin and Victor Caratini added one-run singles in the fifth before Luke Keaschall and Gray each drove in a run with a sacrifice fly to stretch Minnesota's lead to 9-4.
Joe Ryan (4-3) allowed four runs on eight hits in six innings with nine strike outs. Travis Adams allowed two runs in the ninth before closing out the win.
Miguel Vargas homered twice for the White Sox. He had a pair of two-run shots, in the third and ninth, finishing 3 for 5 with four RBIs. Andrew Benintendi had an RBI single in the third to tie the game at 1 and added a solo homer in the fifth.
David Sandlin (1-1) took his first loss of the year, giving up eight runs on eight hits in four innings with four strikeouts.
White Sox RHP Davis Martin (8-1, 2.00 ERA) starts against Twins LHP Connor Prielipp (1-3, 5.13) on Tuesday.
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Minnesota Twins' Tristan Gray celebrates after his grand slam against the Chicago White Sox during the fourth inning of a baseball game, Monday, June 1, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Matt Krohn)
Minnesota Twins starting pitcher Joe Ryan looks on during the first inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox, Monday, June 1, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Matt Krohn)
Chicago White Sox catcher Edgar Quero, top, tags out Minnesota Twins' Josh Bell (56) at home plate during the fourth inning of a baseball game, Monday, June 1, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Matt Krohn)
Minnesota Twins' Tristan Gray celebrates after his grand slam against the Chicago White Sox during the fourth inning of a baseball game, Monday, June 1, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Matt Krohn)
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Dillon Dingler hit two of Detroit's season-high five homers, Riley Greene was a triple shy of the cycle and the Tigers stopped a four-game skid by holding off the Tampa Bay Rays 10-9 on Monday night.
Dingler had four hits and drove in four runs. Kerry Carpenter also went deep and finished with three hits and two RBIs. Greene was 3 for 4 with a walk and three RBIs.
That trio combined to hit three consecutive homers in the third inning. The previous time Detroit launched three straight home runs was Aug. 8, 2020, when Miguel Cabrera, C.J. Cron and Jeimer Candelario connected at Pittsburgh.
Hao-Yu Lee also homered for the Tigers (23-38), who avoided falling 17 games under .500. The most games under .500 for a team rebounding to make the playoffs was 16 by the 1914 Boston Braves, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
Detroit opened a 6-0 cushion in the third but Ryan Vilade’s three-run homer shaved it to 8-5 in the sixth. Carpenter’s two-run double with two outs in the eighth provided critical insurance when the Rays batted around in the bottom half and scored four times to make it 10-9.
Tyler Holton (1-4) won in relief and Will Vest got five outs for his first save this season.
Yandy Díaz had three hits and Junior Caminero also homered for the Rays, who entered the day with the best home record in the majors.
Greene got the Tigers on the board with a two-run double off Griffin Jax (1-4) in the first.
Dingler homered to center field against Trevor Martin leading off the fifth to extend Detroit's lead to 7-2.
In the fourth, Rays outfielder Chandler Simpson exited under his own power after a headfirst slide into second base. He appeared to injure his face when his helmet was jarred loose. Vilade entered as a pinch runner.
Tampa Bay shortstop Taylor Walls was removed in the second with left hamstring tightness.
Tigers RHP Jack Flaherty (0-7, 5.81 ERA) faces Rays LHP Steven Matz (4-2, 4.67) on Tuesday.
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Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Griffin Jax reacts as Detroit Tigers' Riley Greene, left, runs the bases after his solo home run during the third inning of a baseball game Monday, June 1, 2026, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
Detroit Tigers' Dillon Dingler (13) slides home safely ahead of the tag by Tampa Bay Rays catcher Hunter Feduccia on a two-run double by Riley Greene during the first inning of a baseball game Monday, June 1, 2026, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
Detroit Tigers, from left, Hao-Yu Lee, Zach McKinstry, and Zack Short, celebrate after the team defeated the Tampa Bay Rays during a baseball game Monday, June 1, 2026, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
Detroit Tigers' Riley Greene reacts after his home run off Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Griffin Jax during the third inning of a baseball game Monday, June 1, 2026, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
Detroit Tigers' Dillon Dingler (13) celebrates with Kevin McGonigle (7) after Dingler hit a two-run home run off Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Griffin Jax during the third inning of a baseball game Monday, June 1, 2026, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
