The Minnesota Twins beat the Atlanta Braves 4-2 on Aug 17, 2026 at Target Field.
Final · Target Field
Top performers
- Ronald Acuna Jr. went 1-for-4 with 2 RBI for the Braves.
- Martin Perez pitched 5.0 innings for the Braves, allowing 4 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
- Josh Bell went 2-for-3 with 2 RBI for the Twins.
- Bailey Ober pitched 4.1 innings for the Twins, allowing 2 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
Atlanta Braves box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drake Baldwin | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Austin Riley | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ozzie Albies | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ronald Acuna Jr. | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Michael Harris II | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Yastrzemski | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mauricio Dubon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Matt Olson | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jim Jarvis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dominic Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 34 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Perez | 5.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Ray Kerr | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Victor Mederos | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tyler Kinley | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
Minnesota Twins box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luke Keaschall | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kody Clemens | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Jeffers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Royce Lewis | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kaelen Culpepper | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Byron Buxton | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Josh Bell | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Brooks Lee | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 30 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey Ober | 4.1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Travis Adams | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jeff Hoffman | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Yoendrys Gomez | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor Rogers | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
Before and after
- Braves · 2026 season · Previous Aug 16, 2026: ARI 3, ATL 5 · Next Aug 18, 2026: ATL 1, MIN 4
- Twins · 2026 season · Previous Aug 16, 2026: PHI 7, MIN 5 · Next Aug 18, 2026: ATL 1, MIN 4