Colorado Rockies vs Atlanta Braves Box Score on Aug 27, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Aug 27, 2017

ATLANTA -- Right-hander Jon Gray continued his mastery of Atlanta Braves on Sunday, working six scoreless innings in the Colorado Rockies' 3-0 win at SunTrust Park.

Gray (6-3) allowed five hits, two walks and struck out seven, one short of his season high, and ended a three-game losing streak on the road. He improved to 3-0 against the Braves and has a 1.04 career ERA in four starts against Atlanta.

Colorado won two of the three games in the series and won the season series 4-3. It was the seventh shutout of the season for Colorado and the eighth time Atlanta has been shut out.

Atlanta never had a player reach third base against Gray. He was helped by catcher Tony Wolters, who threw out two base stealers, and worked out of his only serious trouble spot in the sixth by inducing fly balls from Nick Markakis and Kurt Suzuki with runners on first and second.

The Colorado offense came from Trevor Story, who doubled in a run in the third inning, and Mark Reynolds, who hit a two-run homer, his 28th, in the sixth. The homer provided the 800th and 801st RBIs in Reynolds' career.

The Rockies got one inning of scoreless relief from Pat Neshek, Mike Dunn and Jake McGee, who worked the ninth and earned his third save.

Atlanta starter Mike Foltynewicz (10-10) made it through five innings and got stronger as the game progress, retiring the final seven batters he faced. He allowed one run on four hits and three walks, striking out six. The right-hander got the last two outs in the second and third innings to end Colorado rallies.

NOTES: Atlanta 3B Brandon Phillips singled in the fourth inning to extend his hitting streak to 12 games. ... Atlanta LF Matt Adams, who had a pinch-hit homer on Saturday, got his first start since Aug. 20 as the Braves gave Matt Kemp the day off. ... Colorado manager Bud Black made RHP Greg Holland unavailable on Sunday, a day after he blew a save. Black said it wasn't a demotion, but wanted to see Holland work on his slider before putting him back in a game situation. ... Colorado LF Gerardo Parra extended his hitting streak to eight games with a single in the second inning. ... The Rockies return to Coors Field to begin a three-game series with Detroit. RHP Antonio Senzatela (10-4, 4.52) will open the series against Detroit RHP Jordan Zimmerman (7-11, 6.11). ... The Braves open a three-game series in Philadelphia on Monday. RHP Lucas Sims (2-3, 4.13) will start against Philadelphia ace Aaron Nola (9-9, 3.58).