Braves Dominate Rockies, Sale Shines

0:00It's May 3rd, I'm Corey with the story. This is MLB News Today, driven by AI and Dilt for baseball fans. The Atlanta Braves locked up the series' win over the Colorado Rockies at Cours Field, dropping them 9-1 behind Ace Chris Sales Dominant. Night, sale went 7 strong innings, allowing just one run while racking up a season high, 11 strikeouts, and 20 whiffs on his basketball. They jumped on the opener early, with a 2 run homer from Drake Baldwin in the first. Then tacked on runs in the second and fourth, thanks to Timely. Hits from Jorge Mateo and Baldwin again. Austin Riley stayed hot, crushing a homer of a 98 mile per hour heater in the fifth to stress the lead. Mauricio Dubon flashed leather with a diving walkrash in center to rob extra bases early, keeping sales line clean. Ronald Akuna tweaked his hamstring on a ground out, but walked off under his own power, a potential concern for the lineup. Sales shook off back-to-back walks in the fifth, by dialing upper 90s heat for strikeouts, then closed with three more k's in the seventh.

1:06Dillon Lee handled the eighth clean, and Maddleson blasted his 11th homer of the season in the ninth for breathing room. Now sitting at 23 wins and 10 losses with 10 series victories through 11 sets, the Braves eye a sweep tomorrow when Spencer Strider returns to the bump.