Atlanta Braves at Minnesota Twins

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Atlanta Braves

74-51, 32-28 Away

Final
2 - 4

Minnesota Twins

61-65, 33-31 Home

Josh Bell has early 2-run double and Twins bullpen makes lead hold up for 4-2 win over Braves

The first six batters reached against Atlanta starter Martín Pérez (8-7), with the first four in the order scoring. Bell’s flare down the right-field line fell just inside the chalk and bounced into the stands for a ground-rule double. Royce Lewis and Kody Clemens followed with RBI singles.

Bell and Clemens each finished with a pair of hits for Minnesota, which let a five-run lead slip away Sunday in a 7-5 loss to Philadelphia for a three-game Phillies sweep. The bullpen made the lead stand this time after starter Bailey Ober could only last 4 1/3 innings.

Ronald Acuña Jr.’s two-run single chased Ober in the fifth, but left-hander Taylor Rogers retired lefty batters Matt Olson and Michael Harris II to end the inning.

Travis Adams (3-0) pitched two perfect innings with three strikeouts. Jeff Hoffman allowed two runners in the eighth but escaped the jam, in part, due to Clemens making a diving stop on a hard grounder by Harris. Yoendrys Gómez walked the leadoff batter in the ninth but picked up his 17th save in as many chances after the Twins failed to score with the bases loaded and no outs in the bottom of the eighth.

Pérez, who had pitched 18 straight scoreless innings, surrendered nine hits and two walks in five innings, striking out three.

The game’s start was delayed 51 minutes, but no rain fell.

Up next Right-hander Zebby Matthews (6-8, 5.34 ERA) starts Tuesday night for Minnesota. Atlanta will go with RHP Tyler Mahle (4-9, 4.64), a trade-deadline acquisition from San Francisco.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Baldwin flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Yastrzemski to third on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Smith flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Smith hit for Jarvis
	9th Inning	Riley grounded out to first, Yastrzemski to second.
	9th Inning	Yastrzemski walked.

Statistics

ATL		MIN
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	2
9	Ground Balls	12
8	Strikeouts	5
2	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
7	Hits	10
0	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	4
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
34	At Bats	33
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
17	Runners Left On Base	29
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	2
17	Fly Balls	17
0	Caught Stealing	0
162	Pitches	131
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
9	Total Bases	12
37	Plate Appearances	39
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	2
2.5	Runs Created	5.0
.206	Batting Average	.303
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.265	Slugging Percentage	.364
.147	Secondary Average	.152
.270	On Base Percentage	.395
.535	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.758
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
2.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.4
19.0	Batter Rating	30.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.38	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.36
.059	Isolated Power	.061
0.38	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.60
.081	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.077
-.059	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.152
4.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
71.0	MLB Rating	83.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0