Colorado Rockies (52-82, fifth in the NL West) vs. Atlanta Braves (79-55, first in the NL East)
Atlanta; Friday, 7:15 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Rockies: Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7, 4.96 ERA, 1.31 WHIP, 71 strikeouts); Braves: Grant Holmes (8-5, 3.64 ERA, 1.32 WHIP, 100 strikeouts)
LINE: Braves -233, Rockies +186; over/under is 8 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Atlanta Braves host the Colorado Rockies to open a three-game series.
Atlanta is 45-23 at home and 79-55 overall. The Braves are seventh in the majors with 171 total home runs, averaging 1.3 per game.
Colorado is 52-82 overall and 25-44 on the road. The Rockies have the ninth-best team on-base percentage in MLB play at .323.
Friday's game is the fourth time these teams square off this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Michael Harris II leads the Braves with a .292 batting average, and has 30 doubles, a triple, 21 home runs, 19 walks and 72 RBIs. Mauricio Dubon is 12 for 35 with two RBIs over the last 10 games.
Jake McCarthy has 27 doubles, seven triples and 13 home runs for the Rockies. Connor Norby is 12 for 34 with four doubles, two home runs and nine RBIs over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Braves: 5-5, .244 batting average, 2.86 ERA, outscored by four runs
Rockies: 2-8, .230 batting average, 6.27 ERA, outscored by 25 runs
INJURIES: Braves: Spencer Strider: 60-Day IL (elbow), Robert Suarez: 15-Day IL (elbow), Reynaldo Lopez: 15-Day IL (knee), Joe Jimenez: 60-Day IL (knee), Spencer Schwellenbach: 60-Day IL (elbow), Joey Wentz: 60-Day IL (knee)
Rockies: Kyle Freeland: 15-Day IL (neck), Kyle Karros: 7-Day IL (concussion), Sean Sullivan: 15-Day IL (undisclosed), McCade Brown: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Jose Quintana: 60-Day IL (elbow), Kris Bryant: 60-Day IL (back), Welinton Herrera: 60-Day IL (elbow), Chase Dollander: 60-Day IL (elbow), Pierson Ohl: 60-Day IL (elbow), RJ Petit: 60-Day IL (elbow)
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
