Atlanta Braves at Minnesota Twins

ATL 1 — 4 MIN

Final — 2026-08-18

MVP: Tyler Mahle 6.2 IP, 3 K, 2 ER

Minnesota Twins defeated Atlanta Braves 4-1. Tyler Mahle led the way with 6.2 IP, 3 K, 2 ER. Zebby Matthews earned the win and Tyler Mahle took the loss. Yoendrys Gomez recorded the save.

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

WP Zebby Matthews (7-8)

LP Tyler Mahle (4-10)

SV Yoendrys Gomez (19)

Scoring Plays

Bot 1: Bell homered to right center (434 feet), Jeffers scored. (0-2)

Top 6: Baldwin homered to left center (383 feet). (1-2)

Bot 8: Jeffers doubled to center, Buxton scored and Culpepper scored. (1-4)

ATL — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Baldwin	DH	4	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	.278	.361	.459	.820
Acuna	RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.345	.432	.777
Olson	1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.262	.339	.547	.886
Harris	CF	4	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	.292	.319	.487	.806
Albies	2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.251	.307	.420	.727
Yastrzemski	LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.225	.311	.386	.697
Riley	3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.222	.294	.369	.663
Dubon	SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.305	.387	.692
Murphy	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.118	.118	.147	.265
Thomas	LF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.229	.324	.399	.723

MIN — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Keaschall	RF	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.363	.376	.739
Larnach	LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.271	.357	.426	.783
Jeffers	C	4	1	2	2	0	2	0	1	.283	.388	.493	.881
Bell	DH	4	1	2	0	1	2	0	1	.258	.320	.431	.751
Clemens	LF	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.233	.291	.462	.753
Lewis	1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.240	.313	.421	.734
Lee	3B	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.300	.421	.721
Roden	RF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.230	.310	.279	.589
Culpepper	SS	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.333	.387	.720
Buxton	CF	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.322	.530	.852
Kreidler	2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.281	.371	.652

ATL — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Mahle	6.2	6	2	2	1	3	1	76-58	4.53	1.31	L, 4-10
Dodd	0.2	1	1	1	0	1	0	9-6	2.31	0.87
Fuentes	0.2	3	1	1	0	1	0	15-13	2.65	1.10

MIN — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Matthews	5.2	5	1	1	1	4	1	90-58	5.12	1.33	W, 7-8
Funderburk	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4-4	2.70	1.23
Morris	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	13-10	3.34	1.18
Minter	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6-5	2.03	0.90
Gomez	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	16-10	3.25	1.34	S, 19

Venue: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota (22,193)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: Mark Wegner, First Base Umpire: Carlos Torres, Second Base Umpire: Nate Tomlinson, Third Base Umpire: Bruce Dreckman

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