The Colorado Rockies (23-28) have an Opening Day starter in their way tonight, but they also have a momentous starter of their own on the mound for the second game of a four-game set. The reining World Champion Atlanta Braves (25-27) remain below .500 and could fall 10 games back in the NL East this evening.
Colorado will send Chad Kuhl (3.56 ERA, 4.04 FIP) to the hill for his 10th start in a Rockies uniform. The 29-year-old right-hander last pitched against Washington in Game 2 of a Sunday doubleheader, working into the seventh and eating a huge chunk of innings as Colorado ran on bullpen fumes after Game 1.