Braves option A.J. Minter to Triple-A Gwinnett

The Braves optioned A.J. Minter to Triple-A Gwinnett following Sunday’s loss to the Rays that saw the left-handed reliever blow his sixth save of the season and the team fail to hold another seventh-inning lead.

Minter (1-4) took the loss in the 7-5 defeat after he pitched 1/3 of an inning and allowed two hits and two earned runs.

Minter entered in the seventh inning with the Braves holding a 4-3 lead. The Rays’ Joey Wendle singled to lead off the inning. Kevin Kiermaier followed with an RBI double that tied the game. Austin Meadows added a sacrifice fly to give the Rays the lead for good. The Rays added two more runs on a home run off Luke Jackson in the inning to take a 7-4 lead.

In his last 25 appearances, Minter has allowed 13 earned runs, 25 hits, seven walks and struck out 19 over 17.1 innings pitched. Opponents have hit .342 in that span.

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