A pair of National League teams on opposite sides of the playoff cut line continue their series on the diamond down in Hotlanta. The Colorado Rockies play the middle game of a three-game set against the Atlanta Braves Wednesday night. Colorado salvaged the finale of a four-game set with the Mets on the road Sunday afternoon, winning 1-0 to avoid a sweep. Atlanta dropped the rubber game of a three-game series on the road with St. Louis as they were knocked off 6-3 Sunday night. This article was published prior to the conclusion of the opening game of the series at Truist Park Tuesday night.
Colorado managed to avoid a sweep at the hands of the Mets in the Big Apple as they scratched out a victory Sunday afternoon. The Rockies entered Tuesday last in the NL West, 35 games behind the Dodgers for the top spot in the division race. They were 15.5 games behind the Padres for the final wild card spot in the National League. On Sunday, Colorado outhit the Mets 7-3 with Charlie Blackmon and Randal Grichuk each recording a pair. Brian Serven knocked in the game’s lone run with a sacrifice fly in the sixth inning for the Rockies. German Marquez (7-10) earned the win with seven scoreless innings, allowing one hit with two walks and five strikeouts. Daniel Bard worked a scoreless ninth, allowing one hit with no walks and one strikeout, for his 27th save of the season.
Ryan Feltner gets the call for the Rockies in this contest as he makes his 14th appearance and 13 th start of the season here. He comes into the game 2-5 with a 5.87 ERA, a 1.418 WHIP, 20 walks and 51 strikeouts over 61.1 innings of action on the year. Feltner took the loss in his last start, which came Thursday on the road against the Mets. He threw 4.2 innings, allowing three runs on six hits with two walks and two strikeouts in a game the Rockies dropped 3-1. In his last three starts, Feltner is 0-2 with a 5.40 ERA, a 1.40 WHIP, six walks and 10 strikeouts over 15 innings of work this season. Feltner took the loss in his lone career start against the Braves, which came at home on June 5. He threw three innings, allowing six runs on seven hits with one walk and three strikeouts in a game the Rockies dropped 8-7. Feltner, as a result, pitches at Truist Park for the first time in his career in this contest.