{"id":642904,"date":"2026-05-02T11:19:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T11:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/642904\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T11:19:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T11:19:12","slug":"michael-harris-two-run-homer-in-ninth-rallies-atlanta-braves-over-colorado-rockies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/642904\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Harris\u2019 two-run homer in ninth rallies Atlanta Braves over Colorado Rockies"},"content":{"rendered":"

DENVER (AP) \u2014 Michael Harris II<\/a> capped Atlanta\u2019s comeback from a six-run deficit with a two-run homer in the ninth inning, and the Braves beat the Colorado Rockies<\/a> 8-6 on Friday night.<\/p>\n

Mauricio Dubon<\/a> had two hits, including a bases-loaded triple in a four-run eighth inning, and Matt Olson<\/a> homered for Atlanta, which gave manager Walt Weiss a win in his return to Coors Field.<\/p>\n

Weiss went 283-365 in four seasons as Colorado\u2019s manager before being replaced by Bud Black following a 75-87 record in 2016. He served as bench coach for Atlanta for eight seasons before taking over as manager when Brian Snitker stepped down at the end of 2025.<\/p>\n

He has guided the Braves a 23-10 start \u2014 the best in the majors.<\/p>\n

Atlanta trailed 6-1 after six but scratched out a run in the seventh and tied it in the eighth after Zach Agnos<\/a> and Jaden Hill<\/a> walked the bases loaded with one out. Dubon tripled into the right-field corner and scored on a sacrifice fly to tie it.<\/p>\n

Juan Mejia<\/a> (0-3) walked Jonah Heim<\/a> leading off the ninth and the pinch hitting Harris homered to right to complete the comeback.<\/p>\n

Didier Fuentes<\/a> (1-0) pitched an inning for the win Robert Suarez<\/a> pitched the ninth to pick up his fourth save.<\/p>\n

Colorado built a 6-0 lead with five runs in the first inning and Mickey Moniak<\/a>\u2019s solo homer in the second. Matt Olson<\/a>\u2019s homer in the fourth made it 6-1.<\/p>\n

The first six Rockies reached against starter Grant Holmes<\/a> on their way to a five-run first inning. Colorado starter Jose Quintana<\/a> was denied the win despite giving up a run on five hits in six innings.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

LHP Chris Sale<\/a> (5-1, 2.31 ERA) will start for the Braves on Saturday night, while the Rockies have not named a starter.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

AP MLB: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb<\/p>\n

Michael Kelly<\/a>, The Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DENVER (AP) \u2014 Michael Harris II capped Atlanta\u2019s comeback from a six-run deficit with a two-run homer in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":642905,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-642904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=642904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642904\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/642905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=642904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=642904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=642904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}