Braves Crush Rockies 9-1, Sale Shines

0:00On May 3rd, the Atlanta Braves dominated the Colorado Rockies 9-1 last night in Denver, keeping their MLB best record at 24 wins and 10 losses. Drake Baldwin smashed a homer and drove in four runs with three hits, while Chris Sale was lights out, tossing seven innings with just one run, allowed 11 strikeouts and picking up his league-leading sixth win. Sale's been on fire lately, giving up only three earned runs over his last four starts with 33 strikeouts in 26 innings. Austin Riley and Matt Olson added homers too. Olson's a 4-14 foot blast for his team, high 11th of the year, and Aussie Albees kept. His 14-game hit streak alive with two knocks. The Braves are straight killers against Colorado, going 22 and 6 since 2022 started, and they've won 13 of their last. 16 at Cores Field. That hot streak now sits at 14 wins in 17 games. On the rocky side, Brennan Bernardino got yanked early after Baldwin's two run shot,

1:04and Chase Dallender coughed up six runs in five and a third. Innings, blowing his solid April stats. Tomorrow wraps the series with Colorado's Kyle Freeland, facing Atlanta's Spencer Strider, and his season debut should be a showdown worth watching. This has been MLB News Today, powered by AI. I'm Corey with The Story.