Atlanta, GA
Minnesota Twins swept by Atlanta Braves
That’s 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position, one day after going 0-for-8. Strikeouts, weak grounders and Harris’ Superman act extinguished the rest of those threats.
“That’s the difference in a couple of these games,” Twins catcher Ryan Jeffers said. “He’s out there making plays on balls that, if he can’t quite get to them, those are a lot of runs for us.”
Matt Olson smashed a two-run blast that traveled 403 feet to center field in the first inning, and rookie Drake Baldwin added a two-run shot in the third that barely carried into the Twins’ bullpen in left field. Marcell Ozuna’s solo homer got out quick to left-center in the fifth, Ryan’s final inning.
“I kind of got away from our plan today,” Ryan admitted, but he said he was shocked the homers had the distance to get out. “Maybe I sound like an idiot, but the Olson ball, I thought maybe [it would be] a double or that [center fielder Byron] Buxton would grab it. It seemed to fly really close to my head, but he’s an amazing strong guy, and it just carried out.”