Lineup, how to watch Atlanta's series opener with the Minnesota Twins on Monday night

Atlanta's sending Spencer Strider to the mound against Sonny Gray

Fresh off of a thrilling matchup in Cincinnati against the first place Reds, Atlanta get another first place matchup, as the AL Central leading Minnesota Twins come into Truist Park for a three game set. 

It's not as intimidating on paper as facing Cincinnati, since Minnesota's 40-39 and only 5-5 in their last ten games, but they do feature plenty of power, both offensive and star, in the lineup. 

Atlanta can't afford to look past Carlos Correa and the long-ball smashing Twins lineup as they think about this weekend's matchup against the Miami Marlins. 

Atlanta Braves lineup for Monday, June 26th

Here's how the Braves will line up for the contest: 

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Stickin with the usual suspects in this one. Travis d'Arnaud gets the start behind the plate in this one, batting 5th. Behind him is DH Marcell Ozuna and LF Eddie Rosario.

Pitching Matchup for the Atlanta Braves and Minnesota Twins on Monday, June 26th

Atlanta's sending Spencer Strider to the mound. Back to his usual dominating self, thanks to his wife, Strider is 8-2 with a 3.93 ERA in his fifteen starts, striking out a MLB-leading 136 batters (14.5 K/9) in his eighty-four and two-thirds innings. He's never faced Minnesota, and only two Twins batters - 3B Kyle Farmer (0-1) and C Christian Vasquez (0-2) have seen Strider. 

Minnesota's countering with RHP Sonny Gray. One of the breakout pitchers in MLB this season, Gray is 4-1 with a 2.56 ERA in his fifteen starts, striking out eighty-four batters in his eighty-one innings of work. He leads the National League in FIP (Fielding Independent Pitching - which measures a pitcher's effectiveness at the hitter's outcomes he solely controls, namely homeruns, walks, hit-by-pitches, and strikeouts) at 2.70 and all of baseball in home run rate, with only 0.2 homers allowed per nine innings. Several Braves have seen him plenty in their career, but no one's taken him deep or had much sustained success off of him.    

How to Watch the Atlanta Braves and Minnesota Twins on Monday, June 26th

Tonight's first pitch is scheduled for 7:20 PM ET. The game broadcast, with Voice of the Braves Brandon Gaudin, is available inside Braves Country on Bally Sports South and is available on MLB.TV outside of the broadcast area. The radio call, with Ben Ingram, is available locally on 680 AM/93.7 FM The Fan or outside the Atlanta market on the Atlanta Braves Radio Network or MLB.com.

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