Where: Coors Field, Denver
When: 8:40 p.m.
TV/Radio: SPSO/680, 93.7, 106.7
Probable starting pitchers: Braves LH Alex Wood (6-5, 3.34 ERA) vs. RH Kyle Kendrick (3-10, 6.00)
What's new: The Braves will try to close out the first half of the season with a fourth straight series win, after victories against the Nationals, Phillies and Brewers. The Rockies are the third straight division bottom-feeder the Braves will have faced as they try to take advantage of a favorable schedule heading into the All-Star break. This is the Braves' longest streak of winning series of the season. They'd won two series in a row twice. The good news for the Braves Thursday is hot-hitting A.J. Pierzynski will be back in the lineup after the veteran catcher rested Wednesday's day game in Milwaukee. Pierzynski is 10-for-13 in his previous three games with three doubles, a home run and two RBIs.
- Carroll Rogers Walton
