The Rockies chased Braves pitcher Tyrell Jenkins before he could finish the fourth inning with three home runs in a 7-2 victory over the Braves on Sunday at Coors Field to complete their first four-game sweep since July 9-12, 2015, which was also against the Braves.
Colorado wasted no time scoring, hitting around in the first inning and plating four runs on Nolan Arenado’s three-run homer and Nick Hundley’s RBI single. The Rockies ended his night two innings later when DJ LeMahieu homered to lead off the inning and Trevor Story hit his fourth homer of the series two batters later.
Tyler Chatwood earned the win a rather bizarre pitching line in five shutout innings. The Braves only managed one hit off him — Freddie Freeman’s first inning single — but Chatwood walked a career-high eight batters. Atlanta got on the board in the seventh inning on a double by Freeman, who scored on Nick Markakis’ ground out.
Chatwood was only the seventh pitcher since 1913 with five or fewer innings, eight or more walks and no runs. He was in jams in each of his five innings, but was able to come out unscathed with a pair of strikeouts and three ground balls. Chatwood recorded six groundouts on the night and no fly outs.
Though Jenkins had survived the challenges he faced while making his only two previous starts at the offensively-friendly confines in Philadelphia and Cincinnati, it did not take him long to become Coors Field’s latest victim. The rookie surrendered Arenado’s three-run homer before recording his first out in a 37-pitch first inning. He exited after surrendering extra-base hits to three of the four batters faced in the fourth inning.
The Braves are off on Monday before a short 2 game series in Minnesota on Tuesday and Wednesday. Both games are set to begin at 7:10 PM and Thunder Radio will bring you the broadcast of each game as part of the Atlanta Braves Radio Network.
