Minnesota Twins at Atlanta Braves

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Minnesota Twins

7-14, 3-9 Away

Final
3 - 4

Atlanta Braves

7-13, 5-2 Home

Verdugo has 4 hits, drives in go-ahead run as Braves top Twins 4-3 to finally win back-to-back games

Carlos Correa goes opposite field for first HR of season

Verdugo was recalled on Thursday to help boost a slumping offense after signing a $1.5 million, one-year contract on March 20. He had two doubles and scored two runs.

The Braves (7-13) have won the first two games of the series against Minnesota (7-14) as they try to recover from an 0-7 start. Atlanta has won 10 consecutive games against the Twins dating to 2019.

Twins right-hander Justin Topa, making his first big league start following 102 relief appearances, allowed one run in one inning.

Minnesota rookie Luke Keaschall, who had two hits in his major league debut on Friday night, delivered a run-scoring double off Chris Sale in the first. Sale allowed two runs in 4 1/3 innings.

Carlos Correa’s leadoff homer off Sale in the fourth was his first of the season.

Twins right fielder DaShawn Keirsey Jr. left the game in the fourth with a bruised left hand. Manager Rocco Baldelli said the hand was not broken and Keirsey is likely to be available after a few days.

Pierce Johnson (1-0) pitched a scoreless inning. Raisel Iglesias earned his fourth save with a perfect ninth.

Minnesota went 0 for 8 with runners in scoring position.

Key moment Right-hander Simeon Woods Richardson (1-2), who replaced Topa, faded in the sixth when he lost a 3-2 lead. Michael Harris II led off with a homer that carried 446 feet to right field. Richardson gave up two singles before Brock Stewart gave up Verdugo's single to right field that gave Atlanta the lead.

Key stat Verdugo has a .357 career batting average against the Twins (40 for 112).

Up next In a matchup of right-handers, Minnesota's Joe Ryan (1-1, 2.45) will face Atlanta's Grant Holmes (1-1, 3.78) in Sunday's finale of the interleague series.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Keaschall struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Buxton flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Larnach grounded out to first.
	9th Inning	Iglesias relieved Lee
	8th Inning	Riley lined out to left.
	8th Inning	Verdugo doubled to right.

Statistics

MIN		ATL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
9	Ground Balls	5
13	Strikeouts	6
3	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	12
1	Stolen Bases	0
4	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	4
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	35
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
17	Runners Left On Base	24
1	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	3
12	Fly Balls	24
0	Caught Stealing	0
176	Pitches	160
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
13	Total Bases	18
38	Plate Appearances	38
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
3	Extra Base Hits	4
4.3	Runs Created	7.0
.212	Batting Average	.343
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.394	Slugging Percentage	.514
.333	Secondary Average	.229
.289	On Base Percentage	.395
.683	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.909
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.2
4.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	8.2
27.5	Batter Rating	37.0
33.0	At Bats Per Home Run	35.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.63	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.21
.182	Isolated Power	.171
0.31	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.33
.105	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.053
.121	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.114
6.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
76.8	MLB Rating	90.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0