Ober's streak of 11 straight quality starts came to an abrupt end Monday night.
The bad news is that wasn't because of anything they did on the baseball field. The Atlanta Braves pounced on Bailey Ober early, ending his 11-game quality start streak as the Twins fell 10-6 in the series opener in Minneapolis in a game that wasRegardless, the Twins were able to gain a half game on the division-leading Guardians, who were swept by the Kansas City Royals in a doubleheader Monday night in Cleveland. The Twins are now 2.5 games back of Cleveland and 1.
Ober got both former Twin Gio Urshela and Orlando Arcia to ground out, but gave up a double to Merrifield, walked Soler and gave up an RBI double to Ozuna. Olson hit a two-run double the next at-bat, and Travis d’Arnaud hit a 439-foot, two-run shot to right to make it a 9-1 Braves lead.Then storms flew over Target Field and the game was delayed for an hour and a half.
Merrifield was 5 for 5 with the double and two runs scored; Ozuna was 2 for 4 with the double and two RBIs; and Olson was 3 for 5 with the homer, double and five RBIs. Margot was a bright spot on a tough offensive night for the Twins, going 3 for 5 with the double and an RBI.
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