DENVER -- Trevor Story had a feeling the Colorado Rockies were about to snap out of their offensive slump, and when they did, his bat led the way.
Story had two homers and a career-high six RBI, Jon Gray pitched six strong innings, and the Rockies beat the Atlanta Braves 17-2 on Wednesday night.
"I felt like one of those games was coming for us eventually," Story said. "We definitely haven't been swinging the bats the past two weeks like we wanted to. Hopefully, tonight was a good sign."
Mark Reynolds also homered and drove in four runs, and DJ LeMahieu had a double and RBI single in his fifth four-hit game of the season for the Rockies, who had scored three or fewer runs in their previous eight games, going 2-6 in that span.
Gerardo Parra added three hits and four RBI for the Rockies, who finished the night one run shy of their season-high. They beat San Diego 18-4 on July 19 in a game that Gray also started.
"Every team in baseball goes through a little lull where they can't seem to get the big hit or string hits together," Reynolds said. "We kind of had that in Cleveland and Miami and the first two games here. Today was huge for everyone on the team, confidence-wise. I think this will keep our confidence heading in the right direction, knowing we can be this kind of offense."
Gray (5-2) allowed two runs and five hits to win for the second time in three starts this month. He struck out six and walked two.
Leading 6-0, the Rockies broke the game open with a five-run fourth. Para's one-out single put runners at the corners and chased Mike Foltynewicz (10-8). Reynolds hit Luke Jackson's first pitch over the center-field wall for his 25th home run and Story had a two-run shot later in the inning to make it 11-0.
Story connected again in the seventh, a three-run drive off reliever Max Fried, for his 18th of the season and fifth career multihomer game.
Colorado scored runs in each of the first five innings in a hit parade that featured a two-run double by Nolan Arenado in a three-run fifth and a two-run single by Parra in a three-run second.
Atlanta had runners on second and third with two outs in the fifth but Dansby Swanson's liner was picked out of the air on a leaping catch by shortstop Story to end the inning.
The Braves trailed 14-0 before getting on the scoreboard in the sixth with a two-run single by Nick Markakis. Colorado's run total represented a season high in runs allowed by the Braves.
Foltynewicz went 3 1/3 innings and allowed eight hits and career-high nine runs in falling to 0-3 lifetime against Colorado in six appearances, four of them starts.
"It was just one of those times where I got ahead of guys and I just couldn't finish," Foltynewicz said. "I don't know what it was. Really, things just weren't working out for me and I was just leaving balls over the middle of the plate with two strikes and then bloop hits and gappers. Walking people doesn't help either."
The start of the game was delayed 16 minutes because of bad weather.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Braves: OF Matt Kemp ran the bases Wednesday at Coors Field and came out of the conditioning drills well. He's expected to repeat the exercises Friday and his status will then be re-evaluated. Kemp has been on the 10-day disabled list with a right hamstring strain since July 29.
Rockies: LHP Tyler Anderson is scheduled to throw a second bullpen session from the standard pitching distance on Thursday as he continues his rehab from a left knee injury. Anderson, who is on the 60-day disabled list, underwent surgery July 3.
UP NEXT
Braves: RHP Lucas Sims (0-3, 5.71 ERA) seeks his first win of the season with his scheduled start in Thursday's series finale.
Rockies: RHP Jeff Hoffman (6-4, 5.15 ERA) is slated to make his fifth start of the season in a day game. He has gone 3-0 with a 2.39 ERA in four previous day-game starts.
Story had two homers and a career-high six RBI, Jon Gray pitched six strong innings, and the Rockies beat the Atlanta Braves 17-2 on Wednesday night.
"I felt like one of those games was coming for us eventually," Story said. "We definitely haven't been swinging the bats the past two weeks like we wanted to. Hopefully, tonight was a good sign."
Mark Reynolds also homered and drove in four runs, and DJ LeMahieu had a double and RBI single in his fifth four-hit game of the season for the Rockies, who had scored three or fewer runs in their previous eight games, going 2-6 in that span.
Gerardo Parra added three hits and four RBI for the Rockies, who finished the night one run shy of their season-high. They beat San Diego 18-4 on July 19 in a game that Gray also started.
"Every team in baseball goes through a little lull where they can't seem to get the big hit or string hits together," Reynolds said. "We kind of had that in Cleveland and Miami and the first two games here. Today was huge for everyone on the team, confidence-wise. I think this will keep our confidence heading in the right direction, knowing we can be this kind of offense."
Gray (5-2) allowed two runs and five hits to win for the second time in three starts this month. He struck out six and walked two.
Leading 6-0, the Rockies broke the game open with a five-run fourth. Para's one-out single put runners at the corners and chased Mike Foltynewicz (10-8). Reynolds hit Luke Jackson's first pitch over the center-field wall for his 25th home run and Story had a two-run shot later in the inning to make it 11-0.
Story connected again in the seventh, a three-run drive off reliever Max Fried, for his 18th of the season and fifth career multihomer game.
Colorado scored runs in each of the first five innings in a hit parade that featured a two-run double by Nolan Arenado in a three-run fifth and a two-run single by Parra in a three-run second.
Atlanta had runners on second and third with two outs in the fifth but Dansby Swanson's liner was picked out of the air on a leaping catch by shortstop Story to end the inning.
The Braves trailed 14-0 before getting on the scoreboard in the sixth with a two-run single by Nick Markakis. Colorado's run total represented a season high in runs allowed by the Braves.
Foltynewicz went 3 1/3 innings and allowed eight hits and career-high nine runs in falling to 0-3 lifetime against Colorado in six appearances, four of them starts.
"It was just one of those times where I got ahead of guys and I just couldn't finish," Foltynewicz said. "I don't know what it was. Really, things just weren't working out for me and I was just leaving balls over the middle of the plate with two strikes and then bloop hits and gappers. Walking people doesn't help either."
The start of the game was delayed 16 minutes because of bad weather.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Braves: OF Matt Kemp ran the bases Wednesday at Coors Field and came out of the conditioning drills well. He's expected to repeat the exercises Friday and his status will then be re-evaluated. Kemp has been on the 10-day disabled list with a right hamstring strain since July 29.
Rockies: LHP Tyler Anderson is scheduled to throw a second bullpen session from the standard pitching distance on Thursday as he continues his rehab from a left knee injury. Anderson, who is on the 60-day disabled list, underwent surgery July 3.
UP NEXT
Braves: RHP Lucas Sims (0-3, 5.71 ERA) seeks his first win of the season with his scheduled start in Thursday's series finale.
Rockies: RHP Jeff Hoffman (6-4, 5.15 ERA) is slated to make his fifth start of the season in a day game. He has gone 3-0 with a 2.39 ERA in four previous day-game starts.
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Atlanta - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Jon Gray pitching for Colorado | ATL | COL |
| Inciarte struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Phillips grounded out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| F. Freeman grounded out to first. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Mike Foltynewicz pitching for Atlanta | ATL | COL |
| Blackmon grounded out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| LeMahieu singled to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Arenado doubled to left, LeMahieu to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Parra grounded out to shortstop, LeMahieu scored. | 0 | 1 |
| Reynolds singled to center, Arenado scored. | 0 | 2 |
| González grounded out to second. | 0 | 2 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Atlanta - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Jon Gray pitching for Colorado | ATL | COL |
| Markakis grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 2 |
| Suzuki struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| Santana grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Mike Foltynewicz pitching for Atlanta | ATL | COL |
| Lucroy walked. | 0 | 2 |
| Lucroy to second on wild pitch by Foltynewicz. | 0 | 2 |
| Story struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| Gray struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| Blackmon walked. | 0 | 2 |
| LeMahieu singled to center, Blackmon to second, Lucroy scored. Blackmon to third, LeMahieu to second on the throw. | 0 | 3 |
| Arenado walked. | 0 | 3 |
| Parra singled to center, Blackmon and LeMahieu scored, Arenado to second. | 0 | 5 |
| Reynolds struck out looking. | 0 | 5 |
| 3 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Atlanta - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Jon Gray pitching for Colorado | ATL | COL |
| Albies flied out to center. | 0 | 5 |
| Swanson struck out swinging. | 0 | 5 |
| Foltynewicz struck out swinging. | 0 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Mike Foltynewicz pitching for Atlanta | ATL | COL |
| González struck out swinging. | 0 | 5 |
| Lucroy doubled to deep right. | 0 | 5 |
| Story singled to center, Lucroy scored. | 0 | 6 |
| Gray struck out swinging. | 0 | 6 |
| Blackmon grounded out to first. | 0 | 6 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Atlanta - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Jon Gray pitching for Colorado | ATL | COL |
| Inciarte singled to right center. | 0 | 6 |
| Phillips grounded into double play, third to second to first, Inciarte out at second. | 0 | 6 |
| F. Freeman struck out swinging. | 0 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Mike Foltynewicz pitching for Atlanta | ATL | COL |
| LeMahieu doubled to left. | 0 | 6 |
| Arenado grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 6 |
| Parra singled to left, LeMahieu to third. | 0 | 6 |
| Jackson relieved Foltynewicz. | 0 | 6 |
| Reynolds homered to center (420 feet), LeMahieu and Parra scored. | 0 | 9 |
| González walked. | 0 | 9 |
| Lucroy lined out to left. | 0 | 9 |
| Story homered to left (388 feet), González scored. | 0 | 11 |
| Gray struck out swinging. | 0 | 11 |
| 5 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Atlanta - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Jon Gray pitching for Colorado | ATL | COL |
| Markakis singled to left. | 0 | 11 |
| Suzuki popped out to first. | 0 | 11 |
| Santana singled to center, Markakis to second. | 0 | 11 |
| Albies grounded out to second, Markakis to third, Santana to second. | 0 | 11 |
| Swanson lined out to shortstop. | 0 | 11 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Luke Jackson pitching for Atlanta | ATL | COL |
| Blackmon singled to center. | 0 | 11 |
| LeMahieu singled to center, Blackmon to second. | 0 | 11 |
| Arenado doubled to deep center, Blackmon and LeMahieu scored. | 0 | 13 |
| Parra doubled to deep left, Arenado scored. | 0 | 14 |
| Reynolds popped out to shortstop. | 0 | 14 |
| Fried relieved Jackson. | 0 | 14 |
| González grounded out to shortstop, Parra to third. | 0 | 14 |
| Lucroy grounded out to second. | 0 | 14 |
| 3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Atlanta - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Jon Gray pitching for Colorado | ATL | COL |
| Fried walked. | 0 | 14 |
| Inciarte lined out to right. | 0 | 14 |
| Phillips reached on infield single to third, Fried to second. | 0 | 14 |
| F. Freeman walked, Fried to third, Phillips to second. | 0 | 14 |
| Markakis singled to center, Fried and Phillips scored, F. Freeman to second. | 2 | 14 |
| Suzuki struck out swinging. | 2 | 14 |
| Santana grounded out to shortstop. | 2 | 14 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Max Fried pitching for Atlanta | ATL | COL |
| Story walked. | 2 | 14 |
| Amarista hit for Gray. | 2 | 14 |
| Amarista grounded into fielder's choice to second, Story out at second. | 2 | 14 |
| Blackmon walked, Amarista to second. | 2 | 14 |
| LeMahieu grounded out to shortstop, Amarista to third, Blackmon to second. | 2 | 14 |
| Arenado lined out to left. | 2 | 14 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Atlanta - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Adam Ottavino pitching for Colorado | ATL | COL |
| Valaika at second base. | 2 | 14 |
| Amarista in center field. | 2 | 14 |
| Ottavino relieved Gray. | 2 | 14 |
| Albies grounded out to second. | 2 | 14 |
| Swanson doubled to deep right. | 2 | 14 |
| Fried struck out looking. | 2 | 14 |
| Inciarte struck out swinging. | 2 | 14 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Max Fried pitching for Atlanta | ATL | COL |
| Peterson at third base. | 2 | 14 |
| L. Adams in right field. | 2 | 14 |
| McMahon hit for Parra. | 2 | 14 |
| McMahon grounded out to second. | 2 | 14 |
| Reynolds singled to center. | 2 | 14 |
| González struck out swinging. | 2 | 14 |
| Lucroy doubled to deep left, Reynolds to third. | 2 | 14 |
| Story homered to left (391 feet), Reynolds and Lucroy scored. | 2 | 17 |
| Amarista walked. | 2 | 17 |
| Valaika struck out swinging. | 2 | 17 |
| 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Atlanta - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Tyler Chatwood pitching for Colorado | ATL | COL |
| Valaika in left field. | 2 | 17 |
| McMahon at second base. | 2 | 17 |
| Chatwood relieved Ottavino. | 2 | 17 |
| Peterson struck out swinging. | 2 | 17 |
| F. Freeman singled to center. | 2 | 17 |
| L. Adams grounded into double play, third to second to first, F. Freeman out at second. | 2 | 17 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Rex Brothers pitching for Atlanta | ATL | COL |
| Brothers relieved Fried. | 2 | 17 |
| Chatwood struck out looking. | 2 | 17 |
| Arenado struck out swinging. | 2 | 17 |
| McMahon struck out looking. | 2 | 17 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Atlanta - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Tyler Chatwood pitching for Colorado | ATL | COL |
| M. Adams hit for Suzuki. | 2 | 17 |
| M. Adams struck out swinging. | 2 | 17 |
| Santana struck out swinging. | 2 | 17 |
| Albies struck out swinging. | 2 | 17 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Atlanta Braves | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Inciarte CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .298 | .342 | .394 |
| Phillips 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .283 | .325 | .426 |
Peterson 3B
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .203 | .289 | .301 |
| F. Freeman 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | .320 | .421 | .625 |
| Markakis RF | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .279 | .360 | .397 |
L. Adams RF
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .262 | .311 | .405 |
| Suzuki C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .258 | .335 | .500 |
a-M. Adams PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .270 | .313 | .502 |
| Santana LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .207 | .250 | .364 |
| Albies 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | .170 | .231 | .319 |
| Swanson SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .214 | .284 | .314 |
| Foltynewicz P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .059 | .059 | .059 |
Jackson P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Fried P
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | .000 | .500 | .000 |
Brothers P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Totals | 32 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 137 | |||
| a-struck out swinging for K Suzuki in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Swanson (17, Ottavino) RBI: Markakis 2 (58) GIDP: Phillips, L. Adams Braves RISP: 1-7 (Inciarte 0-1, Swanson 0-1, Santana 0-1, Fried 0-1, Albies 0-1, Markakis 1-1, Suzuki 0-1) Team LOB: 5 | ||||||||||
Game Notes
| The start of the game was delayed 16 minutes due to rain. |
Game Information
| Stadium | Coors Field, Denver, CO |
| Attendance | 30,695 (60.9% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:16 |
| Weather | 71 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 5 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Dan Bellino, First Base - Mike Estabrook, Second Base - Jerry Layne, Third Base - Ryan Additon |
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