Major League Baseball
Colorado 3, Atlanta 1
When: 7:20 PM ET, Thursday, September 5, 2024
Where: Truist Park, Cumberland, Georgia
Temperature: 81°
Umpires: Home - Jansen Visconti, 1B - John Bacon, 2B - Mike Muchlinski, 3B - Andy Fletcher
Attendance: 32811

Austin Gomber pitched eight strong innings and Ezekiel Tovar had two hits, including a home run, to help the visiting Colorado Rockies beat the Atlanta Braves 3-1 on Thursday and salvage a game in a three-game series.

Atlanta (76-64) into a tie with the idle New York Mets for the final National League wild-card playoff spot. Colorado (52-89) ended a three-game losing streak and earned a 3-3 split in the season series against the Braves.

Gomber (5-10) matched the longest outings of his career while allowing one run on five hits with no walks and six strikeouts. He retired 13 batters in a row until Marcell Ozuna singled with one out in the sixth.

Tyler Kinley pitched a perfect ninth inning, striking out two, to earn his ninth save.

Tovar went 2-for-4 while belting his 22nd home run. He had gone 1-for-14 in his previous four games.

Atlanta starter Reynaldo Lopez (8-5) pitched six innings and allowed two runs on five hits and no walks. He struck out a season-high 11.

John Brebbia, signed on Sunday after being released by the Chicago White Sox, made his Atlanta debut and pitched a scoreless ninth with two strikeouts.

The Rockies had only six hits and struck out 16 times for the second straight game.

The Braves scored a run in the first inning on Ramon Laureano's two-out single that drove in Jorge Soler.

The Rockies tied in the second inning when Michael Toglia hit massive 451-foot solo homer to center field, his 22nd of the year.

Colorado took the lead in the sixth inning when Tovar lined a slider to left field, with the ball just clearing the fence and landing in the Rockies' bullpen.

The Rockies added a run in the seventh inning against reliever Luke Jackson. Toglia walked, stole second and went to third when the throw got away, then scored on Nolan Jones' sacrifice fly.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Colorado   Atlanta
Austin Gomber Player Reynaldo Lopez
Win W/L Loss
8.0 IP 6.0
6 Strikeouts 11
5 Hits 5
1.12 ERA 3.00
Hitting
Colorado   Atlanta
Ezequiel Tovar Player Marcell Ozuna
2 Hits 2
1 RBI 0
1 HR 0
5 TB 2
.500 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Colorado 6 2 12 .188 11 16 3 3 4 0
Atlanta 5 0 6 .161 8 8 1 0 0 1