Atlanta Braves at Minnesota Twins

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ATL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	7	1
MIN	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	4	10	0

Martín Pérez (8-6) got the ball for Atlanta looking to build on one of the sneakier good seasons in the league, squaring off with Bailey Ober (7-4), whose year has been defined by exactly the kind of split this matchup tested: brilliant at Target Field, hittable everywhere else.

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Braves(74-50)

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2

-1.5+135-122o9.5+113

Twins(60-65)

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4

+1.5-138+120u9.5-111

Best BetBraves -122

Postgame

The Braves lost 4-2, and the loss came exactly where the bear case warned it might — Ober's home-park edge, not his road struggles, was on display, and Minnesota's 4-run first put the game away before Pérez's season-long excellence could matter. Atlanta's 5th-inning rally made it respectable but never threatened.

Pregame

Atlanta's the pick here on the strength of Pérez's dominant recent stretch and a Twins pitching staff that's been gutted by injuries. Minnesota's bullpen just blew a 5-run lead in the series finale against Philadelphia, and that kind of fresh wound tends to linger. Sharp money has actually piled onto Minnesota some in this market, but the roster gap and pitching matchup still point to Atlanta.

The home-field version of Ober showed up. Minnesota jumped on Pérez for 4 runs before the first inning was over, and that was effectively the ballgame — the Twins never scored again and didn't need to. Austin Martin left Sunday's series finale against Philadelphia with a hamstring strain and was sent for an MRI, thinning an outfield picture Minnesota could not really afford to thin.

Martín Pérez

(8-7)·3.15 ERA

Aug 11 vs Mets

W

6.0IP

0ER

2K

3BB

82P

08/17 Lineup

Bailey Ober

(7-4)·4.62 ERA

Aug 11 vs Orioles

L

6.0IP

5ER

4K

1BB

100P

08/17 Lineup

Atlanta chipped away with 2 runs in the 5th and finished with 7 hits to Minnesota's 10, but the deficit dug in that first frame was too much to climb out of. It's the kind of quick-strike loss that erases a lot of the good process a start can otherwise have.

Atlanta Braves

(74-50)

Aug 16Wvs Diamondbacks5-3

Aug 15Lvs Diamondbacks3-10

Aug 14Lvs Diamondbacks0-2

Aug 12Wvs Mets6-3

Aug 11Wvs Mets4-0

Minnesota Twins

(60-65)

Aug 16Lvs Phillies5-7

Aug 15Lvs Phillies1-9

Aug 13Lvs Phillies1-7

Aug 12Wvs Orioles7-5

Aug 11Lvs Orioles2-5

For Minnesota, the win snaps a rough stretch that included blowing a 5-run lead in Sunday's finale against the Phillies — the kind of bullpen letdown that had manager Derek Shelton publicly frustrated. Getting 4 runs before the other team's ace settled in is the tidiest possible antidote to that.

Atlanta Braves

(7)

• 15-Day-ILReynaldo Lopez (RP) — Atlanta manager Walt Weiss said that Lopez (knee) completed a bullpen session Tuesday, Jesus Cano of The Athletic reports.08/14
• 15-Day-ILRobert Suarez (RP) — Suarez (elbow) will advance his throwing progression on flat ground Thursday, Grant McAuley of the Marietta Daily Journal reports.08/12
• suspensionJurickson Profar (LF) — Profar will miss the full 2026 season after the appeal of his 162-game PED suspension was denied Thursday, Jeff Passan of ESPN.com reports.05/08
• 60-Day-ILSpencer Schwellenbach (SP) — Schwellenbach (elbow) is still not feeling 100 percent and will have his throwing progression slowed, Grant McAuley of the Marietta Daily Journal reports.08/12
• 60-Day-ILSpencer Strider (SP) — Atlanta manager Walt Weiss said Monday that Strider (elbow) will begin a throwing progression this week, Chad Bishop of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.08/10
• 60-Day-ILJoe Jimenez (RP) — Atlanta manager Walt Weiss revealed Wednesday that Jimenez underwent another surgery on his left knee 3-to-4 weeks ago, Grant McAuley of the Marietta Daily Journal reports.05/13
• 60-Day-ILJoey Wentz (RP) — Atlanta placed Wentz (knee) on the 60-day injured list Tuesday.05/08

Minnesota Twins

(8)

• 10-Day-ILAustin Martin (RF) — Twins manager Derek Shelton said that Martin sustained a left hamstring strain in the eighth inning of Sunday's 7-5 loss to the Phillies and will be sent in for an MRI, Aaron Gleeman of Aaron Gleeman.com reports.08/17
• 15-Day-ILJoe Ryan (SP) — Ryan (glute) threw on flat ground Monday, Aaron Gleeman of AaronGleeman.com reports.08/11
• 15-Day-ILAnthony Banda (RP) — Banda underwent surgery to repair his left lat strain and will miss the remainder of the 2026 season, Dan Hayes of The Athletic reports.07/09
• 60-Day-ILMike Paredes (SP) — The Twins transferred Paredes (oblique) from the 15-day injured list to the 60-day IL on Saturday.08/02
• 60-Day-ILCole Sands (RP) — Sands will undergo arthroscopic surgery Tuesday to remove loose bodies and bone spurs from his right elbow, Jack Azoulay-Haron of ElEmergente.com reports.07/31
• 60-Day-ILDavid Festa (SP) — Festa (shoulder) will undergo a season-ending double surgery Wednesday, Dan Hayes of The Athletic reports.07/29
• 60-Day-ILMick Abel (SP) — The Twins plan to re-evaluate Abel (elbow) on Sept. 1, Dan Hayes of The Athletic reports.07/20
• 60-Day-ILPablo Lopez (SP) — The Twins placed Lopez (elbow) on the 60-day injured list Thursday.05/08

For Atlanta, Pérez's story all year has been resilience — designated for assignment in April before working his way back into a rotation gutted by injuries to Spencer Strider, Spencer Schwellenbach and Reynaldo López. One shaky first inning at Target Field doesn't erase that, but it's a reminder the margin for error on this staff is thin.