08/19/26 03:47:00
Printable Page
08/19 15:45 CDT Clemens has 3 RBIs as the Twins beat the Braves 6-4 to sweep
their three-game series
Clemens has 3 RBIs as the Twins beat the Braves 6-4 to sweep their three-game
series
By MIKE COOK
Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) --- Kody Clemens and Brooks Lee had RBI singles in the seventh
inning and the Minnesota Twins beat the Atlanta Braves 6-4 on Wednesday to
sweep the three-game series.
Clemens drove in three runs and Kaelen Culpepper added three hits for Minnesota.
Yoendrys Gmez earned his third save in as many games and 20th of the season
with a 1-2-3 ninth. A.J. Minter (2-2) got the last two outs of the seventh
inning and Jeff Hoffman struck out three batters in the eighth.
With the game tied at 4, Josh Bell doubled off Victor Mederos (2-1) with one
out in the seventh inning and Clemens followed with an RBI single against Dylan
Lee. Brooks Lee singled two batters later to score Clemens.
Ronald Acua Jr., Lane Thomas and Ozzie Albies had RBIs for Atlanta.
The Braves have scored 15 runs in losing five of six games, including 4-2 on
Monday and 4-1 on Tuesday. They are 8 for 43 with runners in scoring position
in that span.
Manager Walt Weiss was ejected for arguing a check swing in the eighth.
AJ Smith-Shawver, recalled Tuesday from Triple-A Gwinnett, made his second
start of the season for Atlanta. He allowed five hits and four earned runs in 4
1/3 innings, including a two-run double by Clemens as part of a three-run fifth
for a 4-1 Twins lead.
Atlanta had three straight singles to start the sixth against Kody Funderburk.
Each man scored, the last on a Tommy Nance balk, to tie the game.
Looking for his first win in seven starts, Twins starter Taj Bradley gave up
two hits and one run in five innings while striking out seven. He needed 16
pitches to get through two innings, but at least 20 in each of the next three,
including 31 in the fifth.
Up next
Braves: RHP Grant Holmes (7-5, 3.82 ERA) starts Thursday in Chicago. The White
Sox are starting LHP Anthony Kay (9-5, 4.01).
Twins: Open a three-game series Friday in San Diego with LHP Connor Prielipp
(3-6, 5.34) on the hill. The Padres have not announced a starter.
___
See AP's full MLB coverage here
|
