MAJOR LEAGUE
ATLANTA BRAVES AT COLORADO ROCKIES
08/28/2014
 
MAJOR LEAGUE
ATLANTA BRAVES AT COLORADO ROCKIES
GAME ID: 2764 - THURSDAY, AUGUST 28TH , 2014 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Atlanta Braves (60-58) 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 7 10 0
Colorado Rockies (60-58) 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 9 0
Furcal Powers Braves Offense
The Atlanta Braves beat the Colorado Rockies, 7-4, at Coors Field. Atlanta shortstop Rafael Furcal had the hot bat. He belted 2 home runs, while adding 5 RBI and scoring twice. Atlanta, now 60-58, holds down 4th place in the National League Eastern Division.

Atlanta took a 7-4 lead on Furcal's 12th home run of the season. The 3-run home run, which he hit off Jose Jimenez in the top of the eighth, propelled Atlanta to the win.

"Whenever I help the team," said Furcal, "I feel like I earned my paycheck."
ATLANTA BATTING LINESCORE COLORADO BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
H. Duffy CF 5 0 2 0 0 0 2 .279 2 19
C. Jones 3B 4 0 1 0 1 1 1 .214 13 44
R. Acuna Jr. DH 5 0 1 0 0 1 4 .278 12 58
F. Freeman 1B 5 0 0 0 0 1 5 .259 15 60
W. Berger LF 5 0 0 0 0 3 1 .237 7 34
M. Giles 2B 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .201 6 29
D. Justice RF 4 2 2 0 1 1 1 .199 12 25
J. Lopez C 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 .246 10 36
   a-E. Mathews PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .203 3 10
   b-D. Crandall C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .324 1 6
R. Furcal SS 4 2 2 5 0 1 3 .229 12 36
Totals 38 7 10 6 3 9 19      
a - E. Mathews pinch hit for J. Lopez in the 8th
b - D. Crandall substituted for E. Mathews in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: R. Acuna Jr. (23, 1st Inning off N. Winters, 0 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: R. Furcal 2 (12, 6th Inning off M. Belisle, 1 on, 2 outs; 8th Inning off J. Jimenez, 2 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: H. Duffy 2 , C. Jones , R. Acuna Jr. 2 , D. Justice 2 , J. Lopez 2 , R. Furcal 8
2-out RBI: J. Lopez , R. Furcal
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: H. Duffy , F. Freeman 3 , R. Furcal 2
Hit by Pitch: M. Giles 2
Team LOB: 9

BASERUNNING
SB: H. Duffy (33) , M. Giles 2 (7)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 2 (Giles-Furcal-Freeman, Furcal-Giles-Freeman)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
C. Gonzalez LF 5 0 1 0 0 1 4 .219 21 50
D. LeMahieu 2B 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 .284 4 28
C. Blackmon CF 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 .325 14 66
D. Kennard DH 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .251 17 79
T. Helton 1B 3 1 0 0 1 2 2 .303 21 62
N. Arenado 3B 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 .283 17 59
L. Walker RF 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 .265 16 57
T. Tulowitzki SS 4 1 3 3 0 0 1 .219 8 45
B. Mayne C 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 .226 1 37
Totals 34 4 9 4 2 7 18      
BATTING
Doubles: N. Arenado (27, 2nd Inning off J. Sain, 1 on, 0 outs) , T. Tulowitzki (24, 9th Inning off C. Kimbrel, 1 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: T. Tulowitzki (8, 7th Inning off E. O'Flaherty, 1 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: C. Gonzalez , C. Blackmon , N. Arenado 2 , L. Walker 3 , T. Tulowitzki 7
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: D. LeMahieu
GIDP: C. Gonzalez , D. LeMahieu
Hit by Pitch: D. Kennard , L. Walker
Team LOB: 7
ATLANTA PITCHING LINESCORE COLORADO PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
J. Sain 5.2 6 2 2 2 2 0 94 3.98   
E. O'Flaherty W (3-1), BS (2) 2.0 1 2 2 0 2 1 24 3.73   
J. Smoltz H (9) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 5.55   
C. Kimbrel H (2) 0.2 2 0 0 0 2 0 19 1.74   
G. Garber SV (4) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.70   
PITCHING
Game Score: J. Sain 49
Batters Faced: J. Sain 23, E. O'Flaherty 9, J. Smoltz 1, C. Kimbrel 4, G. Garber 1
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: J. Sain 8-5, E. O'Flaherty 1-3, J. Smoltz 0-0, C. Kimbrel 0-0, G. Garber 0-1
Pitches - Strikes: J. Sain 94-53, E. O'Flaherty 24-18, J. Smoltz 5-4, C. Kimbrel 19-13, G. Garber 2-1
Inherited Runners - Scored: E. O'Flaherty 1-0 , J. Smoltz 1-0 , G. Garber 2-0
Hit Batsmen: E. O'Flaherty 2
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
N. Winters 5.2 5 2 2 1 6 0 92 4.31   
M. Belisle BS (1) 1.1 2 2 2 1 1 1 22 3.67   
J. Jimenez L (1-1) 0.1 1 3 3 1 1 1 12 3.51   
P. Astacio 0.2 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 4.06   
H. Street 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 2.66   
PITCHING
Game Score: N. Winters 56
Batters Faced: N. Winters 25, M. Belisle 7, J. Jimenez 4, P. Astacio 4, H. Street 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: N. Winters 6-6, M. Belisle 1-2, J. Jimenez 0-0, P. Astacio 1-1, H. Street 0-2
Pitches - Strikes: N. Winters 92-58, M. Belisle 22-12, J. Jimenez 12-5, P. Astacio 13-8, H. Street 10-6
Inherited Runners - Scored: M. Belisle 1-1
WP: N. Winters
Hit Batsmen: N. Winters , J. Jimenez
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Rafael Furcal
Ballpark: Coors Field
Weather: Partly Cloudy (67 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 8 mph
Start Time: 7:35 PM MT
Time: 3:35
Attendance: 32178
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