The Minnesota Twins beat the Atlanta Braves 4-1 on Aug 18, 2026 at Target Field.
Final · Target Field
Top performers
- Drake Baldwin went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Braves.
- Tyler Mahle pitched 6.2 innings for the Braves, allowing 2 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
- Josh Bell went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Twins.
- Zebby Matthews pitched 5.2 innings for the Twins, allowing 1 earned run 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronald Acuna Jr. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Olson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Austin Riley | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ozzie Albies | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Harris II | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drake Baldwin | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mauricio Dubon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Murphy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lane Thomas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mike Yastrzemski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 33 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Mahle | 6.2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Dylan Dodd | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Didier Fuentes | 0.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Bell | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Ryan Jeffers | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Royce Lewis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Luke Keaschall | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Larnach | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kody Clemens | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Brooks Lee | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaelen Culpepper | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Byron Buxton | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 29 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zebby Matthews | 5.2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Yoendrys Gomez | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Andrew Morris | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| A.J. Minter | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kody Funderburk | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
Before and after
- Braves · 2026 season · Previous Aug 17, 2026: ATL 2, MIN 4 · Next Aug 19, 2026: ATL 4, MIN 6
- Twins · 2026 season · Previous Aug 17, 2026: ATL 2, MIN 4 · Next Aug 19, 2026: ATL 4, MIN 6