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Colorado Rockies (51-88, fifth in the NL West) vs. Atlanta Braves (75-63, second in the NL East)
Atlanta; Wednesday, 7:20 p.m. EDT
LIKELY PITCHING WORKS: Rockies: Bradley Blalock (1-1, 4.98 ERA, 1.61 WHIP, 14 strikeouts); Braves: Charlie Morton (7-7, 4.26 ERA, 1.31 WHIP, 140 strikeouts)
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Braves -292, Rockies +235; Over/Under is 8 1/2 runs
CONCLUSION: The Atlanta Braves lead a three-game series against the Colorado Rockies 1-0.
Atlanta has an overall record of 75-63 and a home record of 37-28. The Braves rank fourth in the MLB with 180 total home runs, an average of 1.3 per game.
Colorado has a 51-88 overall record and a 19-51 road record. The Rockies have hit 150 home runs, ranking ninth in the NL.
The teams meet for the fifth time this season on Wednesday. The season score is 2:2.
TOP PERFORMERS: Jorge Soler has 25 doubles, a triple, 17 home runs and 52 RBI for the Braves. Matt Olson has hit 13 for 40 with six doubles and four home runs in the last 10 games.
Brendan Rodgers leads the Rockies with a .278 batting average and has hit 24 doubles, one triple and 13 home runs. Ezequiel Tovar has hit 11 of 40 batters in the last 10 games, hitting two home runs and hitting eight RBIs.
LAST 10 GAMES: Braves: 6-4, .236 batting average, 2.79 ERA, 11 runs more than opponents
Rockies: 4-6, .264 batting average, 5.32 ERA, six runs batted in
INJURIES: Braves: Whit Merrifield: day to day (head), Austin Riley: 10-day IL (hand), Alex Jordan Minter: 60-day IL (hip), Ozzie Albies: 10-day IL (wrist), Raymond Kerr: 60-day IL (elbow), Spencer Strider: 60-day IL (elbow), Huascar Ynoa: 60-day IL (elbow), Ronald Acuna Jr.: 60-day IL (knee), Angel Perdomo: 60-day IL (elbow)
Rockies: Cal Quantrill: 15-day IL (triceps), Lucas Gilbreath: 15-day IL (shoulder), German Marquez: 60-day IL (elbow), Victor Vodnik: 15-day IL (shoulder), Kris Bryant: 10-day IL (back), Dakota Hudson: 15-day IL (elbow), Daniel Bard: 60-day IL (knee), Antonio Senzatela: 60-day IL (elbow)
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The Associated Press produced this article using technology from Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
