"It seems like things like that happen when things aren't going well," center fielder Charlie Blackmon said after the Braves snuffed out Colorado's eighth-inning rally. "But that's the game."
The Rockies entered the eighth down 5-2, struggling to get anything going off starter Julio Teheran after two early solo home runs from Blackmon and first baseman Ben Paulsen. But when pinch-hitter Matt McBride looped a one-out single off the right-handed Teheran, Atlanta manager Fredi Gonzalez went to his bullpen -- a 'pen that has one of the worst ERAs (4.