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Atlanta Braves @ Minnesota Twins

2026-08-17 · Night game · Target Field · Att: 19990 · 79°F, Partly Cloudy · Wind 10 mph, Out To CF · 2:40

Minnesota Twins defeated Atlanta Braves 4–2. Minnesota Twins opened the scoring in the 1st — Josh Bell hits a ground-rule double (25) on a fly ball down the right-field line. Luke Keaschall scores. Byron Buxton scores. Ryan Jeffers to 3rd. The game's biggest swing came in the 1st: Josh Bell hits a ground-rule double (25) on a fly ball down the right-field line. Luke Keaschall scores. Byron Buxton scores. Ryan Jeffers to 3rd — worth 12% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
ATL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	7	1
MIN	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	10

Atlanta Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Drake Baldwin C	5	1	2	0	0	0
Ronald Acuna DH	4	0	1	2	0	3
Matt Olson 1B	3	0	1	0	1	1
Michael Harris CF	4	0	1	0	0	0
Mauricio Dubon LF	3	0	0	0	1	1
Ozzie Albies 2B	4	0	1	0	0	1
Mike Yastrzemski RF	3	0	0	0	1	0
Austin Riley 3B	4	1	1	0	0	2
Jim Jarvis SS	3	0	0	0	0	0
Dominic Smith PH	1	0	0	0	0	0

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Luke Keaschall RF	5	1	2	0	0	1
Byron Buxton CF	3	1	1	0	1	0
Ryan Jeffers C	4	1	0	0	1	0
Josh Bell DH	3	1	2	2	1	0
Royce Lewis 1B	4	0	1	1	0	1
Kody Clemens LF	4	0	2	1	0	0
Brooks Lee 3B	3	0	0	0	0	1
Kaelen Culpepper SS	4	0	1	0	0	2
Alan Roden LF	3	0	1	0	0	0
Ryan Kreidler 2B	0	0	0	0	0	0