Austin Gomber exited in the third inning, and Ronald Acuna had a remarkable night for the Braves.
When Rockies manager Bud Black said Monday afternoon that he was as content as he’d been all season with his pitching rotation, he was referring in large part to Austin Gomber.
“Since the All-Star break, been pretty consistent,” Black said of his starters. “With the exception of a game or two here and there, all the games have been close. … That’s a reflection of our starting pitching, and maybe a little bit of our lack of run production.”Gomber exited in the third inning of his start with an apparent injury, and the Rockies lost 14-4 in the series opener to the MLB-best Atlanta Braves, officially securing a losing season.
Gomber, who came in with a 5.48 ERA, had been finding his stride in recent months. The left-hander pitched at least six innings in eight of his previous 11 starts, maintaining a strong 3.50 ERA during that stretch and keeping opponents to a .744 OPS. But he received a visit from the Rockies’ trainers with two outs in the top of the third inning, after Austin Riley lashed a two-run home run off him and Matt Olson followed it with a triple. Karl Kauffmann quickly got warm and replaced Gomber.
The Rockies were playing catch-up the rest of the night, trying to fill the innings against baseball’s blood-thirstiest lineup. The Braves didn’t go easy on them.in right field during the seventh inning, the National League MVP front-runner flexed his speed and power. The only wrinkle in his stunning, whirlwind night was a misjudged a pop fly that would have ended the fourth inning. Instead it fell and allowed Colorado to briefly tie the game 2-2.
Acuna made up for it with a two-run home run the next half inning to put the Braves ahead for good. He finished the night 4 for 5 with a homer, a walk, two stolen bases, five RBIs and four runs scored. The must-see moment of the evening was ironically in garbage time, while the crowd was still buzzing in the aftermath of the fan incident, when a ninth-inning walk to Kevin Pillar loaded the bases for Acuna.
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