Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Atlanta 4, Colorado 3
When: 1:35 PM ET, Sunday, April 18, 2010
Where: Turner Field, Atlanta, Georgia
Temperature: 69°
Umpires: Home - Mark Carlson, 1B - Jeff Nelson, 2B - Damien Beal, 3B - Jeff Kellogg
Attendance: 26546

Rookie sensation Jason Heyward singled in two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Atlanta Braves to a 4-3 win over the Colorado Rockies on Sunday.

Martin Prado led off the ninth with a single and Brian McCann and Yunel Escobar drew walks from Rockies closer Franklin Morales (0-1), who served up a 2-2 pitch to Heyward that dropped in shallow left field to score a pair.

Heyward finished with three RBIs on the day and Eric O’Flaherty (1-0) earned the win with an inning of relief.

Braves starter Jair Jurrjens held the Rockies in check for most of the contest but gave up a solo blast to Ian Stewart in the seventh and another to Carlos Gonzalez in the eighth to put Colorado on top at 3-2

A night after Ubaldo Jimenez stymied the Braves with the first no-hitter in Colorado history, left-hander Greg Smith took the mound for the Rockies and could not quite match his teammates heroics, issuing seven walks and five hits to go along with two runs in 5 1/3 innings before exiting trailing, 2-1.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Colorado   Atlanta
Greg Smith Player Jair Jurrjens
No Decision W/L No Decision
5.1 IP 8.0
5 Strikeouts 9
5 Hits 5
3.38 ERA 3.38
Hitting
Colorado   Atlanta
Ian Stewart Player Matt Diaz
3 Hits 3
2 RBI 0
1 HR 0
6 TB 6
.750 Avg .600
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Colorado 5 2 12 .167 11 10 3 3 1 0
Atlanta 8 0 12 .267 18 6 4 11 0 1