Atlanta Braves at Minnesota Twins

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Atlanta Braves

74-52, 32-29 Away

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Minnesota Twins

62-65, 34-31 Home

Bell's home run, Jeffers' two-run double push Twins past Braves 4-1

Bell hit his 17th home run of the year over the right-center field wall in the first inning to give the Twins a 2-0 lead.

Jeffers added a two-run double in the eighth inning that plated Kaelen Culpepper and Byron Buxton as the Twins took the first two games of the three-game series.

Zebby Matthews (7-8) tossed 5 2/3 innings for Minnesota, allowing one run on five hits while striking out four. Yoendrys Gómez worked a scoreless ninth for his 19th save of the season.

Drake Baldwin scored Atlanta's run in the sixth inning on a home run to left-center field.

Tyler Mahle (4-10) worked 6 2/3 frames and gave up two runs on six hits. Dylan Dodd and Didier Fuentes both allowed a run in 2/3 innings as well.

Up next Braves' RHP AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0, 4.15 ERA) squares off against Twins' RHP Taj Bradley (9-5, 3.98) in the series finale this Wednesday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Riley flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Thomas struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Albies grounded out to second, Harris II to third.
	9th Inning	Harris II doubled to left.
	9th Inning	Gómez relieved Minter
	9th Inning	Kreidler at second base.

Statistics

ATL		MIN
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
15	Ground Balls	7
7	Strikeouts	5
1	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	10
0	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	4
0	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	32
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
9	Runners Left On Base	12
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	2
11	Fly Balls	20
0	Caught Stealing	0
129	Pitches	100
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
11	Total Bases	15
34	Plate Appearances	33
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
3	Extra Base Hits	3
2.1	Runs Created	4.2
.182	Batting Average	.313
.000	Pinch Hit Average	1.000
.333	Slugging Percentage	.469
.182	Secondary Average	.188
.206	On Base Percentage	.333
.539	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.802
1.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
2.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.7
17.0	Batter Rating	33.0
33.0	At Bats Per Home Run	32.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.79	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.03
.152	Isolated Power	.156
0.14	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.20
.029	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.030
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.125
2.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
69.8	MLB Rating	85.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0