MINNEAPOLIS — Michael Fulmer is a bit confused.

Fulmer felt good going into his previous outing yet allowed three runs in a no-decision during a loss at Seattle.

“I come here today just not feeling well. The ball felt heavy,” he said Wednesday.

Fulmer allowed one run and four hits in 5 2/3 innings to win for the first time in four starts, and the Detroit Tigers stopped a five-game losing streak with a 4-1 win over the Minnesota Twins.

“Baseball’s weird,” Fulmer said. “Maybe it’s what I needed, not having my best stuff and still going out and still giving our team a chance to win.”

Niko Goodrum ended an 0-for-14 skid with a home run.

Fulmer (2-3) improved to 4-0 against Minnesota as he threw a season-high 112 pitches. He had lost his previous three starts, allowing 14 earned runs in 16 1/3 innings.

He got into too many deep counts but was able to use a dominating fastball and a slider with better break to keep hitters off balance.

“We wanted him to get us to the sixth inning and try to get us through the sixth inning because we thought we could do a 7-8-9 with the ‘pen,” manager Ron Gardenhire said.

Louis Coleman pitched 1 1/3 innings, Joe Jimenez got three outs and Shane Greene threw a 1-2-3 ninth for his 11th save in 14 chances, completing a five-hitter.

Goodrum, Nicholas Castellanos and Victor Martinez had two hits each for the Tigers.

Kyle Gibson (1-3) gave up three runs and six hits in six innings. He is 0-3 in nine starts since winning at Baltimore on March 31.

Martinez hit a sacrifice fly in the first, but Eddie Rosario had an RBI single in the bottom half, the first of his three hits.

“Our approach was decent but he made pitches when he had to,” Twins manager Paul Molitor said. “The couple of leadoff hits we had that were turned into the double plays … it’s a little bit deflating.”

Goodrum homered for a 3-1 lead in the fourth following a single by Martinez.