Following the 2-1 loss to the Rockies on Monday night, the Braves fell to Colorado again yesterday 4-3. In his first career start at Coors Field, Jair Jurrjens allowed four earned runs and nine hits in seven innings and threw 60 of 97 pitches for strikes. The game started off well for Atlanta as the first four of five batters reached base safely off of the Rockies’ starter Ubaldo Jimenez. However, the team only succeeded in one run in the opportunity with an RBI single by Chipper Jones as Mark Teixeira hit a line drive to Jayson Nix that ended with a double play. Yet, the Rockies would match this run with a run of their own in the First. The Braves would get a break though in the 6th inning when Mark Kotsay hit a two-run home run, his first homer of the season. Two RBI doubles in the 4th inning by Garrett Atkins and Brad Hawpe plus another double in the 5th would set up the RBI single by Matt Holliday to of the Rockies helped boost them past the Braves for the second day in a row. Tonight Atlanta looks to gain some momentum with a win against the Rockies as Chuck James takes the mound for the start.
