Acuna homers early, Braves hold off Rockies:
gave up seven runs and seven hits in five innings for his first loss at Coors Field since June 10 against Arizona.
Teheran was staked to a 7-0 lead and held the Rockies hitless until Josh Fuentes singled to centre field to start the fifth.Garrett HampsonCharlie Blackmonsingled ahead of Story's towering home run that landed among the evergreens beyond the centre field fence. Acuna got the Braves on the board in the first, driving a 2-1 pitch from Freeland into the second deck above the Rockies' bullpen in right-centre. Acuna's third home run of the season also scoredAcuna was hit by a pitch his next time up in the third to load the bases and Markakis lined a single to centre, driving in two runs to make it 4-0.
Atlanta added three more in the fifth, including Swanson's two-run triple. Swanson came home on a wild pitch by Freeland that bounced away from catcher
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