By the time this had happened, the Rockies were already up 4-0 thanks to a three-run homer from Nolan Arenado and a single from Nick Hundley that brought home Trevor Story from third base. The Braves, who possess the worst record in the majors at 33-64, have lost 10 of their last 11 overall games against Colorado.TV: 8:10 p.m. ET, MLB Network, FSN Southeast (Atlanta), ROOT (Colorado) PITCHING MATCHUP: Braves RH Matt Wisler (4-9, 4.67 ERA) vs. Rockies LH Tyler Anderson (2-3, 3.43) Wisler served up five homers while being roughed up for 12 runs (11 earned) in 10 innings over his past two starts.
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Story has hit five homers in his past six games with 10 RBIs, giving him 67 for the season. Arenado, who topped the NL past year with 42 homers, is tied for second with the Chicago Cubs’ Kris Bryant.
DJ LeMahieu, who had three hits, led off the fourth with his career-high-tying sixth home run, matching his 2015 total.
Rookie left-hander Tyler Anderson will start Saturday and try to minimize the load on the bullpen.
Colorado Rockies’ Nolan Arenado gestures as he crosses home plate after hitting a three-run home run off Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Tyrell Jenkins during the first inning of a baseball game Sunday, July 24, 2016 in Denver. Charlie Blackmon led off the inning with a single and stole second before Nolan Arenado hit a triple.
Teheran said he felt discomfort in his lat while throwing a pitch in the third inning but thought he could make it through five innings. “So I think just eliminating walks is the biggest thing”. “I don’t feel any pain and that’s a good sign”. I had good life to it. “Any time you get to do something like that it was pretty special”.
Chatwood gave up two walks and a single in the first but escaped.
Chatwood issued two more walks in the second, but sandwiched between them was a hit-robbing catch by shortstop Story of A.J. Pierzynski’s flare to short center. Chatwood then struck out Jenkins and Jace Peterson to end the inning.
Braves interim manager Brian Snitker said he hopes Teheran could return within a few days.
“It seems like every day we are talking about him going into the record books”, says manager Walt Weiss, only slightly exaggerating. Anderson worked at least six innings for the fifth straight start and the sixth time in his eight career starts.
Braves: After Monday’s day off, Atlanta plays a two-game series in Minnesota. “Getting ahead in counts and being able to execute all my pitches for the most part when I want to”. It’s just there are no results.
The Rockies are now four games under.500 as we get closer to August. They went 5-2 against the Braves and Tampa Bay Rays before flying east to face the first-place Baltimore Orioles. Colorado also won 10 consecutive home games against the Cincinnati Reds from August 23, 2008-Sept. But the Rockies now have consecutive four-game sweeps against the Braves at Coors Field, after doing it through July 12 previous year. In his first game with Albuquerque, on July 4, he homered and hit 3-for-5.
“Just didn’t execute pitches at first”, Jenkins said. “So I’m looking forward to seeing him again”. Arenado, who ceded his team home run lead to Story last week, nailed a three-run shot in the first inning to give the Rockies an early lead.
Wisler, who allowed six runs on six hits, got the Braves on the board first with an RBI single in the second. He threw 87 pitches, 45 strikes, in 3 1/3 innings.
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Snitker said Teheran could be available for his next scheduled start.
