Colorado Rockies at Atlanta Braves

· Major League Baseball

Colorado Rockies

52-83, 25-45 Away

Final
4 - 6

Atlanta Braves

80-55, 46-23 Home

Harris homers, drives in 3, and Acuña has 3 hits as Braves top Rockies 6-4 for 5th straight win

Colorado Rockies vs. Atlanta Braves: Game Highlights

Right-hander Grant Holmes (9-5) allowed three runs on eight hits — all singles — in five innings for Atlanta. Before the game, the Braves announced right-handers Spencer Schwellenbach and Hurston Waldrep would have season-ending elbow surgeries.

Rockies right-hander Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8) gave up six runs on 10 hits in four-plus innings. Sugano left the game after gave up three hits, including a two-run homer by Harris, to open the fifth.

Acuña, who was rested in the Braves' 1-0 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday night, had three hits and a walk as the cleanup hitter for the first time this season.

Acuña took a .228 batting average into the game and manager Walt Weiss said he “had a good talk” with Acuña on Thursday. “I just like the look of him in that cleanup spot,” Weiss said, adding the lineup change is “new scenery for him.”

Acuña walked and scored in the second, singled and scored in the third and doubled off the right-field wall in the fifth before scoring on the homer by Harris.

Raisel Iglesias, Atlanta's fifth pitcher, recorded the final three outs for his 29th save.

Hunter Goodman had three hits, including an infield single off Iglesias to lead off the ninth before TJ Rumfield grounded into a double play.

Up next Rockies RHP Ryan Feltner (5-8, 6.08 ERA) is scheduled to face Braves LHP Martín Pérez (8-8, 3.12) on Saturday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Castro lined out to second.
	9th Inning	Rumfield grounded into double play, first to shortstop to first, Goodman out at second.
	9th Inning	Goodman reached on infield single to second.
	9th Inning	Iglesias relieved Mederos
	8th Inning	Olson grounded out to first.
	8th Inning	Albies grounded out to pitcher.

Statistics

COL		ATL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	1
17	Ground Balls	11
5	Strikeouts	6
4	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
12	Hits	14
0	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	6
2	Ground Into Double Play	0
2	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	36
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
22	Runners Left On Base	14
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	3
15	Fly Balls	20
0	Caught Stealing	0
146	Pitches	140
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
13	Total Bases	20
41	Plate Appearances	39
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
1	Extra Base Hits	4
5.1	Runs Created	8.0
.343	Batting Average	.389
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.371	Slugging Percentage	.556
.114	Secondary Average	.194
.390	On Base Percentage	.421
.762	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.977
1.1	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
5.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	9.3
30.0	Batter Rating	47.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	36.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.56	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.59
.029	Isolated Power	.167
0.60	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.17
.073	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.026
-.229	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.194
8.0	Runs Produced	12.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.4
86.5	MLB Rating	98.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0