 and Blevins fanned Daniel Murphy before McMahon's homer.''I dropped my bat and started running,'' McMahon said. ''I didn't know right away so I wanted to make it to second base.'' Jairo Diaz (5-3) blew the save in the ninth but got the win.Monday was a makeup from the April 10th game postponed due to inclement weather and forced Atlanta to crisscross the country.The Braves, who had their eight-game winning streak snapped, traveled to Denver on Sunday night after playing in New York, and right after the game boarded a plane for Toronto to take on the Blue Jays.''You don't belabor or dwell on because it's what we signed up to do,'' Atlanta manager Brian Snitker said. ''It's not going to be all the time. We have an off day in two days. It isn't like we came out here and now have to play 25 in a row.'' Colorado starter Tim Melville pitched five scoreless innings and now has allowed just one run over 12 innings since being recalled from Triple-A Albuquerque last week. The 29-year-old journeyman was pitching in the Atlantic League this spring before signing a minor league deal with Colorado.He escaped a run in the fourth when Freddie Freeman was thrown out at home trying to score from second, and in the fifth he walked Ronald Acuna and Ozzie Albies to load the bases but got Freeman to ground out to end another threat.''I had Albies and Acuna 0-2 and lost them,'' Melville said. ''That's something you don't want to have happen so you step off the mound and take a deep breath. That's what did it right there. We executed and got out of that inning.Atlanta starter Julio Teheran didn't allow a run over six innings and has a 13-inning scoreless streak.The Rockies took a 1-0 lead in the eighth on Charlie Blackmon's sacrifice fly but Atlanta tied it in the ninth when pinch-hitter Adeiny Hechavarria drove in a run with a sacrifice fly.TRAINER'S ROOMBraves: SS Dansby Swanson was activated from the 10-day injured list and was in the starting lineup on Monday. Swanson had been out since July 24 with a bruised right heel. OF Adam Duvall was optioned to Triple-A Gwinnett to make room for Swanson.Rockies: RHP German Marquez and OF Raimel Tapia were placed on the 10-day IL before the game. Marquez (right arm inflammation) entered Monday leading the NL in innings pitched with 174 and is second in games started at 28. Tapia (left hand contusion) suffered in the injury in St. Louis over the weekend. Colorado recalled LHP Phillip Diehl and RHP Joe Harvey from Albuquerque.UP NEXTBraves: RHP Mike Soroka (10-2, 2.41) will open a two-game interleague series at Toronto on Tuesday.Rockies: Have not named a starter for Tuesday's game against Boston. Marquez was slated to start before being placed on the IL.)
Braves eye 9th straight W in make-up with RockiesFLMThe Atlanta Braves are finally wrapping up their series at Coors Field -- more than four months and a whole lot of miles later.The scorching Braves, winners of eight in a row after sweeping the Mets in New York on Sunday, flew to Denver after the game for a makeup of a game originally scheduled for April that was postponed due to inclement weather. A win over Colorado on Monday would give Atlanta a sweep of that series and continue its push for the National League East title.Atlanta, at 80-52, sits six games ahead of Washington in the division and faces a Colorado team that has lost six of its last seven after getting swept in a four-game series at St. Louis over the weekend. The Cardinals won 11-4 on Sunday.The Braves bolstered their bench this week when they signed catcher Francisco Cervelli after he was let go by Pittsburgh. Cervelli made an immediate impact, getting three hits in a win over the Mets on Saturday night, and he's making the most of his opportunity with playoff-bound Atlanta."I was playing like a little kid," Cervelli told reporters after Saturday's win. "That's all that matters, man. From now on, just enjoy every game, every opportunity, and do what I have to do." The Braves will send right-hander Julio Teheran to the mound in Denver against Colorado's Tim Melville. Teheran (8-8, 3.53 ERA) has pitched well over the last two months despite giving up six runs to the Mets in 1 1/3 innings on Aug. 15.Teheran posted a 1.48 ERA in five July starts and will go against a team against which he's enjoyed great success. In 11 career starts against the Rockies he is 6-1 with a 2.87 ERA. He is 2-1 with a 4.30 ERA in five career starts at Coors Field.Colorado's depleted rotation has given Melville (1-0, 1.29) a chance for an extended audition. The 29-year-old journeyman was pitching in the Atlantic League this spring when the Rockies signed him to a minor league deal.When Jon Gray was lost for the season with a fractured foot, Melville was called up and started at Arizona on Wednesday. He was impressive in his debut, giving up one run on two hits over seven innings to get his first major league win. He also got his first career hit. It was his first game in the big leagues since a relief appearance for San Diego on Sept. 25, 2017.Melville, who has never faced the Braves in his career, is grateful for the opportunity he has gotten with Colorado."You win or you learn, I never look at it as losing," Melville said after beating the Diamondbacks. "I've had a lot of ups and downs throughout my career, especially in other opportunities I've had in the big leagues. I'm just very thankful for this one, and to be able to capitalize and get a 'W' today for the team." --Field Level Media
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