Braves try to keep home win streak alive, host the Rockies

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Colorado Rockies (52-83, fifth in the NL West) vs. Atlanta Braves (80-55, first in the NL East)

Atlanta; Saturday, 4:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Rockies: Ryan Feltner (5-8, 6.08 ERA, 1.54 WHIP, 70 strikeouts); Braves: Martin Perez (8-8, 3.12 ERA, 1.21 WHIP, 85 strikeouts)

LINE: Braves -219, Rockies +180; over/under is 9 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Atlanta Braves will try to keep a five-game home win streak alive when they play the Colorado Rockies.

Atlanta is 46-23 at home and 80-55 overall. The Braves have the ninth-best team batting average in MLB play at .248.

Colorado has gone 25-45 on the road and 52-83 overall. The Rockies are 10th in the NL with 151 total home runs, averaging 1.1 per game.

The teams square off Saturday for the fifth time this season. The Braves lead the season series 4-0.

TOP PERFORMERS: Matt Olson leads the Braves with 37 home runs while slugging .532. Mauricio Dubon is 14 for 36 with a double and three RBIs over the last 10 games.

Hunter Goodman has 16 doubles, a triple and 36 home runs for the Rockies. Connor Norby is 11 for 34 with four doubles and two home runs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Braves: 6-4, .263 batting average, 2.83 ERA, even run differential

Rockies: 2-8, .245 batting average, 5.93 ERA, outscored by 21 runs

INJURIES: Braves: Spencer Strider: 60-Day IL (elbow), Robert Suarez: 15-Day IL (elbow), Reynaldo Lopez: 15-Day IL (knee), Joe Jimenez: 60-Day IL (knee), Spencer Schwellenbach: 60-Day IL (elbow), Joey Wentz: 60-Day IL (knee)

Rockies: Kyle Freeland: 15-Day IL (neck), Kyle Karros: 7-Day IL (concussion), Sean Sullivan: 15-Day IL (undisclosed), McCade Brown: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Jose Quintana: 60-Day IL (elbow), Kris Bryant: 60-Day IL (back), Welinton Herrera: 60-Day IL (elbow), Chase Dollander: 60-Day IL (elbow), Pierson Ohl: 60-Day IL (elbow), RJ Petit: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.