Atlanta Braves at Minnesota Twins

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Atlanta Braves

74-53, 32-30 Away

Final
4 - 6

Minnesota Twins

63-65, 35-31 Home

Clemens has 3 RBIs as the Twins beat the Braves 6-4 to sweep their three-game series

Clemens drove in three runs and Kaelen Culpepper added three hits for Minnesota.

Yoendrys Gómez earned his third save in as many games and 20th of the season with a 1-2-3 ninth. A.J. Minter (2-2) got the last two outs of the seventh inning and Jeff Hoffman struck out three batters in the eighth.

With the game tied at 4, Josh Bell doubled off Victor Mederos (2-1) with one out in the seventh inning and Clemens followed with an RBI single against Dylan Lee. Brooks Lee singled two batters later to score Clemens.

Ronald Acuña Jr., Lane Thomas and Ozzie Albies had RBI for Atlanta.

The Braves have scored 15 runs in losing five of six games, including 4-2 on Monday and 4-1 on Tuesday. They are 8 for 43 with runners in scoring position in that span.

Manager Walt Weiss was ejected for arguing a check swing in the eighth.

AJ Smith-Shawver, recalled Tuesday from Triple-A Gwinnett, made his second start of the season for Atlanta. He allowed five hits and four earned runs in 4 1/3 innings, including a two-run double by Clemens as part of a three-run fifth for a 4-1 Twins lead.

Atlanta had three straight singles to start the sixth against Kody Funderburk. Each man scored, the last on a Tommy Nance balk, to tie the game.

Looking for his first win in seven starts, Twins starter Taj Bradley gave up two hits and one run in five innings while striking out seven. He needed 16 pitches to get through two innings, but at least 20 in each of the next three, including 31 in the fifth.

Up next Braves: RHP Grant Holmes (7-5, 3.82 ERA) starts Thursday in Chicago. The White Sox are starting LHP Anthony Kay (9-5, 4.01).

Twins: Open a three-game series Friday in San Diego with LHP Connor Prielipp (3-6, 5.34) on the hill. The Padres have not announced a starter.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Baldwin popped out to third.
	9th Inning	Acuña Jr. struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Jarvis flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Gómez relieved Hoffman
	8th Inning	Buxton grounded out to second.
	8th Inning	Keaschall flied out to center.

Statistics

ATL		MIN
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
7	Ground Balls	12
14	Strikeouts	4
3	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	10
1	Stolen Bases	1
4	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	6
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	34
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	1
1	Doubles	2
13	Fly Balls	18
0	Caught Stealing	0
170	Pitches	135
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	0
2	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
8	Total Bases	12
38	Plate Appearances	38
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	2
2.8	Runs Created	4.7
.212	Batting Average	.294
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.242	Slugging Percentage	.353
.182	Secondary Average	.206
.289	On Base Percentage	.368
.532	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.721
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
2.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.0
24.0	Batter Rating	39.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.47	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.55
.030	Isolated Power	.059
0.29	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.00
.105	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.105
-.030	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.088
7.0	Runs Produced	12.0
0.8	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
72.5	MLB Rating	87.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0