Atlanta Braves at Colorado Rockies

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Atlanta Braves

25-10, 13-4 Away

Final
11 - 6

Colorado Rockies

14-21, 7-9 Home

Heim drives in 5 runs to help Braves beat Rockies 11-6 in Strider's return

Spencer Strider made his season debut for the Braves and allowed three runs and four hits in 3 1/3 innings in his return from an oblique injury suffered in spring training. He struck out six and walked five.

Aaron Bummer (1-1) came on in relief of Strider and gave up two runs in one inning while earning the win.

Atlanta placed star right fielder Ronald Acuña Jr. on the 10-day injured list because of a strained left hamstring before the game.

But the Braves were able to get production throughout their lineup Sunday. Austin Riley hit a bases-loaded RBI single, Eli White walked to bring in a run and Matt Olson scored on a sacrifice fly by Heim to cap Atlanta’s three-run fifth that made it 6-4.

Kyle Freeland (1-3) gave up six runs and eight hits, walked three and had seven strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings for the Rockies.

Mickey Moniak homered twice for Colorado, a solo shot in the fourth and a two-run blast in the eighth. TJ Rumfield went 3 for 5 with a home run and two RBI.

Edouard Julien walked to lead off the first, stole second and scored on Rumfield's two-out single that made it 1-0.

Olson doubled to lead off the second and after Riley and White struck out swinging, Heim hit a 425-foot shot to center off Freeland. Mateo hit the next pitch 405 feet down the line in left to give the Braves a 3-1 lead.

Rumfield's leadoff homer in the third made it a one-run game.

Jake McCarthy tripled to lead off the fourth, Julien struck out swinging and Bummer replaced Strider. Three pitches later, Moniak hit a two-run shot that gave the Rockies a 4-3 lead.

Up next Rockies: RHP Tomoyuki Sugano (3-1, 2.84 ERA) will start Monday against the New York Mets, who hadn't announced a starter.

Braves: RHP JR Ritchie (1-0, 2.92) is scheduled to pitch Monday against Mariners RHP Logan Gilbert (1-3, 4.03) in Seattle.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Sullivan lined out to center.
	9th Inning	Castro singled to center.
	9th Inning	Johnston singled to right, Johnston out stretching at second.
	9th Inning	Rumfield grounded out to catcher.
	9th Inning	R. Suarez relieved Kinley
	9th Inning	Yastrzemski fouled out to first.

Statistics

ATL		COL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
13	Ground Balls	10
9	Strikeouts	13
11	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
14	Hits	11
1	Stolen Bases	1
6	Walks	6
0	Catcher Interference	0
11	Runs	6
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	1
38	At Bats	35
2	Home Runs	3
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
17	Runners Left On Base	19
1	Triples	1
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	0
17	Fly Balls	14
1	Caught Stealing	0
185	Pitches	159
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
25	Total Bases	22
45	Plate Appearances	43
324.0	Projected Home Runs	486.0
6	Extra Base Hits	4
10.0	Runs Created	9.1
.368	Batting Average	.314
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.658	Slugging Percentage	.629
.447	Secondary Average	.514
.444	On Base Percentage	.405
1.102	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.033
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
10.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	9.4
73.5	Batter Rating	47.5
19.0	At Bats Per Home Run	11.7
0.50	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.11	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.70
.289	Isolated Power	.314
0.67	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.46
.133	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.140
.079	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.200
22.0	Runs Produced	12.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.7	Patience Ratio	0.7
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.4
113.5	MLB Rating	97.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0