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Atlanta Braves @ Minnesota Twins

2026-08-18 · Night game · Target Field · Att: 22193 · 79°F, Partly Cloudy · Wind 9 mph, Out To RF · 2:12

Minnesota Twins defeated Atlanta Braves 4–1. Minnesota Twins opened the scoring in the 1st — Josh Bell homers (17) on a fly ball to right center field. Ryan Jeffers scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 1st: Josh Bell homers (17) on a fly ball to right center field. Ryan Jeffers scores — worth 17% 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	0	1	0	0	0	1	6
MIN	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	10

Atlanta Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Drake Baldwin DH	4	1	2	1	0	0
Ronald Acuna RF	4	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Olson 1B	4	0	0	0	0	1
Michael Harris CF	4	0	3	0	0	0
Ozzie Albies 2B	4	0	1	0	0	0
Mike Yastrzemski LF	1	0	0	0	1	1
Lane Thomas LF	2	0	0	0	0	2
Austin Riley 3B	4	0	0	0	0	2
Mauricio Dubon SS	3	0	0	0	0	0
Sean Murphy C	3	0	0	0	0	1

Minnesota Twins — batting

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

Atlanta Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Dylan Dodd	0.2	1	1	1	0	1
Didier Fuentes	0.2	3	1	1	0	1
Tyler Mahle	6.2	6	2	2	1	3

Minnesota Twins — pitching