MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Josh Bell’s two-run double started the scoring in a four-run first inning, and the Minnesota Twins held on to beat the Atlanta Braves 4-2 on Tuesday night.
The first six batters reached against Atlanta starter Martín Pérez (8-7), with the first four in the order scoring. Bell’s flare down the right-field line fell just inside the chalk and bounced into the stands for a ground-rule double. Royce Lewis and Kody Clemens followed with RBI singles.
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Atlanta Braves' Drake Baldwin celebrates after hitting a double during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
Minnesota Twins' Royce Lewis celebrates after hitting a RBI single during the first inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
Minnesota Twins starter Bailey Ober wipes his face as manager Derek Shelton walks to the mound to make a pitching change during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Martin Perez delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
Minnesota Twins designated hitter Josh Bell celebrates in the dugout after scoring off a RBI single hit by Kody Clemens during the first inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
Bell and Clemens each finished with a pair of hits for Minnesota, which let a five-run lead slip away Sunday in a 7-5 loss to Philadelphia for a three-game Phillies sweep. The bullpen made the lead stand this time after starter Bailey Ober could only last 4 1/3 innings.
Ronald Acuña Jr.’s two-run single chased Ober in the fifth, but left-hander Taylor Rogers retired lefty batters Matt Olson and Michael Harris II to end the inning.
Travis Adams (3-0) pitched two perfect innings with three strikeouts. Jeff Hoffman allowed two runners in the eighth but escaped the jam, in part, due to Clemens making a diving stop on a hard grounder by Harris. Yoendrys Gómez walked the leadoff batter in the ninth but picked up his 17th save in as many chances after the Twins failed to score with the bases loaded and no outs in the bottom of the eighth.
Pérez, who had pitched 18 straight scoreless innings, surrendered nine hits and two walks in five innings, striking out three.
The game’s start was delayed 51 minutes, but no rain fell.
Right-hander Zebby Matthews (6-8, 5.34 ERA) starts Tuesday night for Minnesota. Atlanta will go with RHP Tyler Mahle (4-9, 4.64), a trade-deadline acquisition from San Francisco.
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Atlanta Braves' Drake Baldwin celebrates after hitting a double during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
Minnesota Twins' Royce Lewis celebrates after hitting a RBI single during the first inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
Minnesota Twins starter Bailey Ober wipes his face as manager Derek Shelton walks to the mound to make a pitching change during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Martin Perez delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
Minnesota Twins designated hitter Josh Bell celebrates in the dugout after scoring off a RBI single hit by Kody Clemens during the first inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A high school student carrying two pistols shot to death a fellow student before killing himself Tuesday in an attack in a southern Philippine high school campus that he livestreamed using a body-worn camera, police and other officials said. It was the second fatal school shooting in the country in just two months.
Hundreds of students were evacuated after shots rang out in the high school building of the Ateneo de Zamboanga university campus in the southern port city of Zamboanga. Two other people were injured, police and city officials said.
The suspect, identified by police as grade 9 student Mohammad Mael Jalani, fired at a teacher sitting in front of a class but apparently missed. He then shot a student on the fourth floor of the building before going up one floor and killing himself, police said in an initial report.
“He entered and started indiscriminately firing, hitting a Grade 10 student at the fourth floor then subsequently went to the fifth floor and jumped from the said building and committed suicide,” Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla told reporters.
“He showed this on Facebook Live starting when he was climbing up the stairs but there were only snippets,” Remulla said. “We'll look into his gaming history and his chat history so we cannot come up with a complete answer why this happened until we do a complete forensic analysis.”
Zamboanga city Mayor Khymer Adan Olaso and the police said the suspect shot himself.
The high school building, where the gun attack happened, is in a secured campus, separate from a larger campus of the privately owned Catholic university, where its colleges and professional schools are located in Zamboanga.
A few hours after the shooting, police said the situation was under control. They asked parents and guardians of students to remain calm and follow the high school's advice and arrangements to pick up their children.
“Authorities are currently establishing the circumstances surrounding the incident,” national police chief Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. said. The police “will provide verified information as appropriate and appeals to the public to refrain from sharing unconfirmed reports, photos, or videos that may cause unnecessary concern.”
The national police “assure the public that the safety and well-being of the school community remain a priority. We thank the school administration, parents, guardians, and the community for their patience, cooperation and understanding as authorities continue to manage the situation,” Nartatez said.
The shooting happened despite police assurances that security in schools across the country would be strengthened after a shooting in June in which three high school students were killed and at least 20 others were wounded in central Tacloban city. Police arrested two students, ages 14 and 15, and accused them of carrying out that shooting.
Crimes involving the use of firearms are prevalent in the Philippines, partly due to the proliferation of unlicensed firearms, but school shootings are relatively rare.
Days after the school shooting in Tacloban, Philippine authorities said they temporarily blocked an online gaming app to assess whether it played a role in fostering such violence. The Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center said its decision to indefinitely block Gorebox was prompted by an ongoing police investigation which showed that one suspect was an avid user of the app.
The shooting in the Philippines also occurred less than two weeks after a school shooting in Thailand.
Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul took steps to restrict guns in the Southeast Asian country after a 14-year-old boy killed his grandparents, five school staff members and a 12-year-old girl in Nonthaburi province outside Bangkok.
Thailand’s high rate of gun ownership is second only to Pakistan in Asia, and far surpasses its Southeast Asian neighbors.
Associated Press journalist Jintamas Saksornchai in Bangkok contributed to this report.
Police and security guards secure a junior high school building on the Ateneo de Zamboanga University campus following a shooting incident in Zamboanga, southern Philippines Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026. (AP Photo)
A guard secures an area at the junior high school building on the Ateneo de Zamboanga University campus following a shooting incident in Zamboanga, southern Philippines Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026. (AP Photo)
Vehicles exit the Ateneo de Zamboanga University following a shooting incident in Zamboanga, southern Philippines Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026. (AP Photo) CORRECTION: Corrects date and day
Security guards keep watch as vehicles exit the Ateneo de Zamboanga University following a shooting incident in Zamboanga, southern Philippines Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026. (AP Photo)
