Atlanta BravesvsMinnesota Twins
ATL 1/MIN 4
Things to say
The Twins beat the Braves 4-1 at Target Field.
01
opener
Twins took it 4-1 at home. Braves bats just never got going. Kind of a quiet one, but Minnesota earned it.
02
key player
Twins starter was the story — got into his stuff early, went deep, and kept the heart of Atlanta's order off balance all night.
03
hot take
Honestly, Atlanta looked flat. That's a 74-52 club dropping one to a sub-.500 team. Long season catching up to them.
04
deep cut
Braves only scratched across one run — for a lineup that leaves the yard as much as they do, that's a bad night at the plate, not just good pitching.
05
exit
Anyway, getaway day for the Braves — we'll see if they bounce back on the next stop.
The recap
The Twins pulled off a nice little upset here, knocking off a Braves club that came in fifteen games over .500 while Minnesota's been scuffling under water all summer. It was a 4-1 grinder at Target Field, the kind of low-scoring night where whoever's arm got into his stuff was going to walk away with it, and Minnesota's pitching kept Atlanta's heart of the order quiet all evening.
Holding a lineup that good to a single run tells you the bullpen slammed the door late and never gave the Braves a crack to climb back in. Solid getaway-day win for a team that needed one.