Atlanta 11, Colorado 3
When: 7:10 PM ET, Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Where: Turner Field, Atlanta, Georgia
Temperature:
90°
Umpires:
Home -
Tim McClelland, 1B -
Marty Foster, 2B -
Marvin Hudson, 3B -
Jordan Baker
Attendance:
28107
By SportsDirect Inc.
Braves 11, Rockies 3: Brian McCann's three-run homer capped a six-run fourth inning - all with two outs - as host Atlanta increased its lead in the National League East to 10 games over Washington.
Freddie Freeman drove in four runs with a pair of homers and Jason Heyward had three hits and scored as many runs for the Braves, who improved to 26-7 at home against the Rockies. Rookie Alex Wood (1-2) earned his first major-league victory after yielding three runs and striking out seven in as many innings.
Rookie Nolan Arenado homered for the second consecutive game, a two-run shot to give Colorado a 3-1 lead in the second inning. Juan Nicasio (6-5) allowed a career-high eight runs and 10 hits in four innings after permitting eight hits in his previous three starts as the Rockies fell to 0-2 in the four-game series.
Freeman crushed Nicasio's offering deep into the right-field seats in the first inning to tie the game 1-1. Justin Upton's RBI double in the third cut the deficit in half while Heyward's RBI single and rookie Evan Gattis' two-run hit preceded McCann's blast in the fourth.
Atlanta's Todd Cunningham, the 2012 organizational minor league player of the year, singled in his first major-league at-bat while pinch hitting with one out in the seventh inning. Three batters later, Freeman belted Edgmer Escalona's 0-2 pitch over the wall in right for a three-run shot.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Cunningham was called up from Triple-A Gwinnett to replace OF Reed Johnson, who was placed on the 15-day disabled list with left Achilles tendinitis. ... Braves 3B Chris Johnson went 2-for-4 to increase his NL-best batting average to .341. Johnson, who has five consecutive multi-hit games, is 14-for-30 during his eight-game hitting streak. ... The Braves lead the major leagues with 33 comeback victories.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Colorado |
|
Atlanta |
|
Juan Nicasio
|
Player |
Alex Wood
|
|
Loss |
W/L |
Win |
|
4.0 |
IP |
7.0 |
|
4 |
Strikeouts |
7 |
|
10 |
Hits |
6 |
|
18.00 |
ERA |
3.86 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Colorado
|
7 |
1 |
12 |
.233 |
5 |
8 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Atlanta
|
14 |
3 |
26 |
.359 |
15 |
8 |
11 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
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