Atlanta 4, Colorado 3
When: 1:35 PM ET, Sunday, April 18, 2010
Where: Turner Field, Atlanta, Georgia
Temperature:
69°
Umpires:
Home -
Mark Carlson, 1B -
Jeff Nelson, 2B -
Damien Beal, 3B -
Jeff Kellogg
Attendance:
26546
By SportsDirect Inc.
Rookie sensation Jason Heyward singled in two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Atlanta Braves to a 4-3 win over the Colorado Rockies on Sunday.
Martin Prado led off the ninth with a single and Brian McCann and Yunel Escobar drew walks from Rockies closer Franklin Morales (0-1), who served up a 2-2 pitch to Heyward that dropped in shallow left field to score a pair.
Heyward finished with three RBIs on the day and Eric O’Flaherty (1-0) earned the win with an inning of relief.
Braves starter Jair Jurrjens held the Rockies in check for most of the contest but gave up a solo blast to Ian Stewart in the seventh and another to Carlos Gonzalez in the eighth to put Colorado on top at 3-2
A night after Ubaldo Jimenez stymied the Braves with the first no-hitter in Colorado history, left-hander Greg Smith took the mound for the Rockies and could not quite match his teammates heroics, issuing seven walks and five hits to go along with two runs in 5 1/3 innings before exiting trailing, 2-1.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Colorado |
|
Atlanta |
|
Greg Smith
|
Player |
Jair Jurrjens
|
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
5.1 |
IP |
8.0 |
|
5 |
Strikeouts |
9 |
|
5 |
Hits |
5 |
|
3.38 |
ERA |
3.38 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Colorado
|
5 |
2 |
12 |
.167 |
11 |
10 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
| Atlanta
|
8 |
0 |
12 |
.267 |
18 |
6 |
4 |
11 |
0 |
1 |
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