Michael Harris II powers Braves - Rockies comeback with ninth-inning homer
Michael Harris II turned braves - rockies into an 8-6 Atlanta win with a two-run pinch-hit homer in the ninth inning, sending the Braves from a 6-2 deficit entering the eighth to eight unanswered runs. The comeback pushed Atlanta to 23-10, the best record in Major League Baseball and the only winning mark in the NL East.
Harris II changes the ninth
Atlanta got the decisive swing after a leadoff walk in the top of the ninth, when Harris pinch hit and drove a two-run shot to right field. That blast put the Braves ahead 8-6 and finished off Colorado after the Rockies had already watched a five-run first inning slip away.
Harris finished the game with seven home runs and 22 RBIs on the season, along with a.324/.358/.569 slash line. The at-bat fit the shape of his year: when Atlanta needed a clean contact swing late, he supplied the only hit in the inning that changed the score for good.
Atlanta erases Colorado's early burst
The Braves had spent most of the night chasing. Colorado scored five runs against Grant Holmes in the first inning and still carried a 6-2 lead into the eighth, putting Atlanta in a position where the margin had to shrink fast and the game had to turn in one frame.
That turn came in the top of the eighth, when Mauricio Dubón lined a bases-clearing triple and Austin Riley followed with a sacrifice fly to tie it 6-6. Matt Olson's season numbers sat in the background of the rally as well, with his team-high 10th home run and 29 RBIs helping frame a lineup that kept extending innings until the final swing arrived.
After the early damage and the late push, the difference was simple: Atlanta scored eight unanswered runs and left Colorado empty-handed after building that first-inning cushion. For the Braves, the win kept the scoreboard moving and preserved the strongest start in the sport; for the Rockies, the lead they built never survived the last two innings.
