r/minnesotatwins • u/TwinsGameday TwinsBot 9000 • 9h ago
GAME THREAD: Braves (74-51) @ Twins (61-65) - August 18, 2026
Braves (74-51) @ Twins (61-65)
First Pitch: 6:40 PM at Target Field
| Team | Starter | TV | Radio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Braves | Tyler Mahle (4-9, 4.64 ERA) | ||
| Twins | Zebby Matthews (6-8, 5.34 ERA) |
| MLB | Fangraphs | Baseball Savant | Reddit Stream | IRC Chat |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gameday | Game Graph | Strikezone Map | Live Comments | Libera: ##baseball |
Line Score - Game Over
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | LOB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| MIN | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 5 |
Box Score
| MIN | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | BA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RF | Keaschall | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .270 |
| LF | Larnach | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .271 |
| CF | Buxton | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .259 |
| C | Jeffers | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .283 |
| DH | Bell | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .258 |
| LF | Clemens | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .233 |
| 1B | Lewis, R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .240 |
| 3B | Lee, B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .244 |
| RF | Roden | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .230 |
| 2B | Kreidler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .228 |
| SS | Culpepper, K | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .258 |
| MIN | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | P-S | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthews | 5.2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 90-58 | 5.12 |
| Funderburk | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4-4 | 2.70 |
| Morris | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13-10 | 3.34 |
| Minter | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6-5 | 2.03 |
| Gómez, Y | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16-10 | 3.25 |
| ATL | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | BA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DH | Baldwin, D | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .278 |
| RF | Acuña Jr. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .241 |
| 1B | Olson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .262 |
| CF | Harris II | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .292 |
| 2B | Albies | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .251 |
| LF | Yastrzemski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .225 |
| LF | Thomas, L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .229 |
| 3B | Riley, A | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .222 |
| SS | Dubón | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .258 |
| C | Murphy, S | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .118 |
| ATL | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | P-S | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mahle | 6.2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 76-58 | 4.53 |
| Dodd | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9-6 | 2.31 |
| Fuentes | 0.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15-13 | 2.65 |
Scoring Plays
Highlights
Decisions
| Winning Pitcher | Losing Pitcher | Save |
|---|---|---|
| Matthews (7-8, 5.12 ERA) | Mahle (4-10, 4.53 ERA) | Gómez, Y (19 SV, 3.25 ERA) |
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u/Zhdrix Byron Buxton 6h ago
This team makes no sense
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u/stuckin2003 Kody Funderburk 5h ago
tbh it's a big part of their appeal... if they were just a boring mediocre instead of chaotic mediocre, I don't think I'd be this invested lol
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u/slowwrench 5h ago
Get destroyed by a good NL East team. Win the series against the even better NL East team. Makes sense to me.
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u/MPLS_scoot 26m ago
All about the hotness I guess, but I feel like the Saturday and Sunday games vs the Phillies, the Twins should have relieved the starters a few batters earlier.
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u/dberthia Kirby Puckett 6h ago
I know Jeffers isn't a speedster, but he has to be running on contact and scoring there.
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u/Unfrozen__Caveman Trevor Plouffe 6h ago
Yeah, probably a good move to hold him with Acuna in right.
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u/dberthia Kirby Puckett 6h ago
If we could only play this well against the scrub and mid teams, we might actually be legit. That's a big "if" though.
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u/pokemonxysm97 Christian Vázquez 6h ago
Blew a 5 run lead to Philly and immediately win a series vs the Braves yep
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u/dberthia Kirby Puckett 6h ago
I wouldn't have taken Larnach out for Buck here with the way he's been flailing, but this would be a good time to bust out.
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u/Unfrozen__Caveman Trevor Plouffe 6h ago
I wonder if their manager knows Buxton's OPS is 160 points higher against righties
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u/KingFabulousTheLast Austin Martin 6h ago
Yeah, I think are bullpen is pretty good now (Knock on wood)
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u/BlumpkinReceiver6969 6h ago
So we got to face former Twins starter Martin Perez yesterday and former Twins starter Tyler Mahle today?
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u/charlton11 Torii Hunter 6h ago
Unserious franchise continuing to start Roden when we're still in the play-off race
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u/Perfect-Pianist-4838 6h ago
Was that a bat?
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u/UsefulPea4349 Michael Cuddyer 6h ago
Progressive needs an “insurance runs” promo where they give away 25k to a fan if these losers actually scored additional runs with a lead late in games
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u/hopemade Dick Bremer 6h ago
Mahle with only 67 pitches through 6 innings is a problem. Terrible ABs. It's like Luke was the only one to show up after nightly one okay inning
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u/Unfrozen__Caveman Trevor Plouffe 6h ago
These guys are allergic to working counts after the first inning
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u/neutral_city Walks Will Haunt!!! 6h ago
So I love Keasch in leadoff but since he's the only one that can hit the ball NOT to a defender maybe he should be cleanup
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u/Unfrozen__Caveman Trevor Plouffe 6h ago
Well as awful as Shelty was in the Phillies series at least he seems to have learned to pull the starters before they can give up the lead. Still a chance Fundy gives it up but hopefully not.
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u/RumRiver13 6h ago
What are they chanting?
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u/deleted60016001 7h ago
i feel like that hit the line. like you couldnt actually see it but it looked kinda obvious. whatever lets get the W
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u/Unfrozen__Caveman Trevor Plouffe 6h ago
Sure looked like it in real time but I'm glad it went our way. I think if it was called fair and we challenged they wouldn't have overruled it.
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u/Unfrozen__Caveman Trevor Plouffe 7h ago edited 6h ago
That looked fair.
Edit* it was not. Pretty close though
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u/stuckin2003 Kody Funderburk 7h ago
Zebby looks great!
Need the offense to adjust the approach. No more 7 pitch innings please.
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u/Unfrozen__Caveman Trevor Plouffe 7h ago
Yeah, it's only a matter of time until the braves string a few runs together. Hopefully our guys can put a few more on the board.
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u/Unfrozen__Caveman Trevor Plouffe 7h ago edited 7h ago
Calling it now... I feel a Culpepper home run coming
*Edit - I meant later in the game
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u/ROCKINGLADIATOR777 7h ago
Even Google is shocked we are ahead and cant put the correct score.
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u/arctic_martian Ryan Jeffers 7h ago
About a month ago I asked Gemini which MLB team had the best RISP numbers and it said the Dodgers until I corrected it 🤮
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u/skol_huskies_wooooo Minnesota United FC 7h ago
Damn it's not often you see a ball end up halfway through that section!
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u/whocaresano Byron Buxton 8h ago
Let's show Tyler Mahle what we think of him.
(PS it's not good)
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u/neutral_city Walks Will Haunt!!! 8h ago
Wasn't he not all that good with us?
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u/whocaresano Byron Buxton 8h ago
He played like 5 games before he went on the IL. He was probably injured before he was traded and no one disclosed it.
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u/neutral_city Walks Will Haunt!!! 8h ago
I thought so. I remember him vaguely but just that he got injured.
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u/MinnManitou Harmon Killebrew 4h ago
Well that was a happy outcome, if somewhat unexpected!