Atlanta Braves (71-62, first in the NL East) vs. Colorado Rockies (61-73, fourth in the NL West)
Denver; Friday, 8:40 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Braves: Huascar Ynoa (4-4, 2.90 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, 66 strikeouts) Rockies: Antonio Senzatela (3-9, 4.18 ERA, 1.34 WHIP, 87 strikeouts)
LINE: Rockies +125, Braves -145; over/under is 11 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: Colorado and Atlanta will square off on Friday.
The Rockies are 43-23 on their home turf. The Colorado pitching staff averages 8.3 strikeouts per nine innings, German Marquez leads them with a mark of 9.
The Braves are 38-30 on the road. Atlanta's lineup has 195 home runs this season, Adam Duvall leads the club with 30 homers.
The Braves won the last meeting 6-5. Jacob Webb recorded his second victory and Duvall went 1-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs for Atlanta. Yency Almonte took his third loss for Colorado.
TOP PERFORMERS: Trevor Story leads the Rockies with 51 extra base hits and is slugging .460.
Duvall leads the Braves with 30 home runs and has 90 RBIs.
LAST 10 GAMES: Rockies: 4-6, .222 batting average, 4.80 ERA, outscored opponents by three runs
Braves: 4-6, .227 batting average, 3.72 ERA, outscored by one run
INJURIES: Rockies: Jordan Sheffield: (lat), Scott Oberg: (blood clots), Peter Lambert: (elbow), Jon Gray: (forearm), Kyle Freeland: (hip), Yonathan Daza: (thumb), Chris Owings: (thumb).
Braves: Josh Tomlin: (neck), Mike Soroka: (achilles), Chris Martin: (elbow), Grant Dayton: (shoulder), Tucker Davidson: (forearm), Marcell Ozuna: (hand), Ronald Acuna Jr.: (knee), Ozzie Albies: (knee).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
